Not for themselves did human kind Contrive the parts by heaven assign'd On life's wide scene to play: Not Scipio's force, nor C'sar's skill Can conquer glory's arduous hill, If fortune close the way....
Indeed, my Phaedra, if to find That wealth can female wishes gain Had e'er disturb'd your thoughtful mind, Or cost one serious moment's pain, I should have said that all the rules,...
Ye powers unseen, to whom, the bards of Greece Erected altars; ye who to the mind More lofty views unfold, and prompt the heart With more divine emotions; if erewhile...