To prove the Gods benignant to his rule,
The years, which fasten rigid whom they cool,
Reviewing, saw him hold the seat of power.
A grey one asked: Who next? nor answer had:
One greyer pointed on the pallid hour
To come: a river dried of waters glad.
VII.
For which of his male issue promised grip
To stride yon people, with the curb and whip?
This Lycophron! he sole, the father like,