Which only skill profound, and full command
Of all the powers in nature could withstand.
Then, if he lived, what fame the conquest gave!
And if he died—“No human power could save!”
Mere fortune sometimes, and a lucky case, 230
Will make a man the idol of a place—
Who last, advice to some fair duchess gave,
Or snatch’d a widow’s darling from the grave,
Him first she honours of the lucky tribe,
Fills him with praise, and woos him to prescribe.