Poems on Several Occasions With Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII. An Epistle. By Mrs. Elizabeth Tollet. The Second Edition |
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From Boethius.
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From Boethius.
Qui se volet esse potentem,
Animos domet ille feroces, &c.
Animos domet ille feroces, &c.
The Man who does to Height of Pow'r aspire
Must curb ungovern'd Rage and wild Desire:
Nor yield his Neck, by shameful Passion broke,
In tame Submission to her servile Yoke.
Tho' tawny Indians dread thy Canvass furl'd,
Where glowing Ocean bounds their Eastern World;
Tho' thy Command to Thule's utmost Coast
Extend, and Regions of eternal Frost,
Yet what shall all avail thee, while within
Oppress'd with gloomy Cares and black Chagrin!
'Tis vain, alas! thro' foreign Climes to roam
In Search of Empire, when 'tis lost at home.
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