Beat back by valour: now at once we have
Courage and vigilance to guard us.
Bal.May they
Prosper!
Myr.That is the prayer of many, and
The dread of more: it is an anxious hour;
I strive to keep it from my thoughts. Alas!
How vainly!
Bal.It is said the King's demeanour
In the late action scarcely more appalled