(Not of old victors, all whose heads and crests
Weigh not the thin ore where their visage shines,[LG]
But) of fine unclipped gold, where dully rests
Some likeness, which the glittering cirque confines,
Of modern, reigning, sterling, stupid stamp!—
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.[619]
XIII.
"Love rules the Camp, the Court, the Grove,—for Love
Is Heaven, and Heaven is Love:"[620]—so sings the bard;
Which it were rather difficult to prove