The Conquer'd, Also, And Enslaved

For Men To Tell How Human Life Began Is Hard; For Who Himself Beginning Knew?

Nor Love Thy Life, Nor Hate; But What Thou Livest, Live Well; How Long, Or Short, Permit To Heaven.

Equally Inured By Moderation Either State To Bear, Prosperous Or Adverse.

And As An Ev'ning Dragon Came, Assailant On The Perched Roosts And Nests In Order Rang'd Of Tame Villatic Fowl.

Ah, Why Should All Mankind For One Man's Fault, Be Condemned, If Guiltless?