The demi-god; the earthly half must die.”
For as Master Matthew puts it in another ode:—
“Alike must every state and every age
Sustain the universal tyrant’s rage;
For neither William’s power nor Mary’s charms
Could, or repel, or pacify his arms.
...
Wisdom and eloquence in vain would plead
One moment’s respite for the learned head:
Judges of writings and of men have died