Yet, with the names of different orders known, The saucy ensigns of his proud parade. 265 270 But yet more hateful, by a baser vice, To this he join❜d insatiate avarice; 274 And made the power which wealth bestows to bless, To poverty the source of wretchedness. Not long the spark of discord smother'd lay,' The outrag'd sullen peasant soon began To poize his strength, and feel himself a man; 280 1 Civitas secum ipsa discors intestino inter patres plebemque flagrabat odio, maxime propter nexos ob æs alienum. Liv. 1. ii. c. 23. His well-brac'd arm and massy club deny'd Power which to full maturity would grow, 285 To save the substance, should conceal the show. They met, as hostile elements, to jar, 2 290 With all the rancour of intestine war; Bold innovation rais'd its towering head,3 Till liberty's high spirit, in excess, Foam'd with the dregs of foul licentiousness: 2 295 * Agi deinde de concordia cæptum, concessumque in conditiones, ut plebi sui magistratus essent sacrosancti, quibus auxilii latio adversus consules esset; neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret. Liv. l. ii. c. 33. Εκ τουτων κατεση τοις Ρωμαίοις εθος, τα των δεμαρχων σώματα ιερα είναι, και μέχρι το καθ' ημας χρονο διαμενει. DION. HAL. 1. vi. 3 · καθ' συνετετάρακτο πας ο πολίτικος κοσμος. Toid. Like Like Scylla, by her barking offspring torn, Chas'd by the rabble from the factious town, Nor shelter'd by his name's deserv'd renown, 300 See Coriolanus to his foes repair, Excite their fury, and conduct the war.* Dire as a comet in th'eventful hour, O'er his black brow the frowns of Até lour; The suppliant deputations sent from home, The people's boasted triumph soon was o'er ; 305 310 4 Damnatus absens in Volscos abiit, minitans patriæ, hostilesque jam tum spiritus gerens. Liv. 1. ii. c. 35. Touch'd + Touch'd every spring where social pity lay, O'ercome by these, the Volscian host retires, 315 Thus ever, when opposing duties meet, 319 And adverse interests make one breast their seat, By both distracted, and to neither true, LIJ Passion precedes, and ruin must ensue. Never had Rome a braver soldier bred; Her martial files to victory he led ; And thrice his brows the oaken garland wore, 325 His merits with the shouts of battle cease; He scorn'd the forum, (fraud and strife's abode,) Form'd to command, but ill endur'd control; 5 Νικας, ω μητερ, εκ ευτυχη νίκην ετε σεαυτη, ότ' εμοι---περιιςανται αυτον οι θρασύτατοι, και συναραττοντες τοις λίθοις, αποκτιννύασιν. DION. HAL. 1. viii. Rash, + The following passage from Livy shoud caution esse" celebrated or illustrious, Apud Fabium longe antiquissimum auctorem lisque ad senectutem vixisse eundem invenio, kefeir certé hane sœpe eum exacta atate usurpasse vocem, multo miserius seni exsilium Livy LII. C.XL. - I have adhered to the commonly received account of this vindictive Patrician's catastrophe. Rash, angry thoughts, which prudence should conceal, Burst out impetuous from his boundless ire. 339 Where first with art the treacherous toils lie spread. Yet wanting that, in vain he own'd the rest: Scorn'd or neglected by heroick minds; And yet no safer pilot can be near, 345 Through life's rough tide man's dangerous course to steer. DECEMVIRS. |