And in the doctor’s Latin lay;
Men thought, lived, died, in the appointed way.
Yet eloquence was slave to law,
And law to right: the statesman sought
A patriot’s fame, and served his land, unbought,
And bore erect his front, and held his oath in awe.
IV.
ÆREA PROLES.
But, now, far other days
Have made less green the poet’s bays,—
Have less revered the band and gown,