1956 By sufferance alone with them he reign'd; The irksome memory of a life ill spent ; Whence no past act new comfort can afford, 1970 But keen reflection turns a bosom'd sword. Sad state! and such the worthless only feel; In their own breasts anticipated hell : And And when cold eve in dusky pall draws near, 1974 One hour his statue in Rome's fanes we see, 1985 eique [sc. Lepido] statuam equestrem inauratam-ex hujus ordinis sententiâ statui placere. CIC. Philip. v. ' Lepidus sententiis omnibus hostis a senatu judicatus est. CIC. Epist. ad Famil. 1. xii. ep. 10. Lepidus was not ruined by the vote of the senate, which demolished his statue, and declared him a publick enemy, but, as may be seen below, by his presuming to think he could control Augustus, who was too wise and too powerful to fear him. As As chance had rais'd him to the triple throne, More frequent fumes from grateful sacrifice, 1990 The legions which he led, obey'd him still; 1995 In the first conflicts of the doubtful field, So from conjuncture, not from worth or sense, Sure to forsake the friends he chose at first, 2001 'Post Pompeii fugam, collegarum alterum M. Lepidum, quem ex Africâ in auxilium evocarat, superbientem xx legionum fiduciâ, summasque sibi partes terrore ac minis vindicantem, spoliavit exercitu, supplicemque, concessâ vitâ, Circeios in perpetuum religavit. [A. U. C. 718.] SUET. in Aug 16. Lepidus died in obscurity, A. 741. X 2 False False to the senate, of their foes afraid, He flatter'd both alike, and both betray'd: Unfit for power, this wonder fill'd the throng, 2005 Not how he lost it, but preserv'd so long. The weak man oft to fortune greatness owes, But sense alone can keep what chance bestows. Who without wisdom fortune would command, 2010 ANTONY AND CLEOPAT R A. A. U. C. 717. But not content with half the world's domain, Cæsar and Antony alone would reign: 2 Qui n'agit que pour soi, feignant d'agir pour Rome. 2015 CINNA, par Corneille. |