Pater ipse colendi
Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem,
Movit agros, curis acuens mortalia corda,
Nec torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
And, strange as it may seem—how charming soever be spontaneity, still those who have endured coercion find a good deal also to say in favour of it.
O life! without thy chequered scene
Of right and wrong, of weal and woe,
Success and failure—could a ground
For magnanimity be found,
For faith, mid ruined hopes serene?