Lorenzo cries—“Be, then, Ambition cast;
Ambition’s dearer far stands unimpeach’d, 526
Gay Pleasure! proud Ambition is her slave;
For her, he soars at great, and hazards ill;
For her, he fights, and bleeds, or overcomes;
And paves his way, with crowns, to reach her smile:
Who can resist her charms?—or, should? Lorenzo!
What mortal shall resist, where angels yield?
Pleasure’s the mistress of ethereal powers; 533
For her contend the rival gods above;