This one glad office more, and then dissolves
Parental love at once, now needless grown,—
Unlavish wisdom never works in vain.”
He has expressed the same sentiment in his description of the eagle,—
“High from the summit of a craggy cliff
Hung o’er the deep,
The royal eagle draws his vigorous young
Strong-pounced, and ardent with paternal fire;
Now fit to raise a kingdom of their own
He drives them from his fort, the tow’ring seat