Qui Stygia tristem, non tristis, videt,—
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Par ille Regi, par Superis erit.
Seneca in Agamem. [Act III. vv. 606-8.]
There was, 'tis said, and I believe, a time,
When humble Christians died with views sublime;
When all were ready for their faith to bleed,
But few to write or wrangle for their creed;
When lively Faith upheld the sinking heart,
And friends, assured to meet, prepared to part;