And in Bellona’s doubtful strife,
Where fortune’s angry frowns are rife,
There heroes seek to find.
O! true of heart, and brave as true!
Illustrious Clio, turn thy view
Afar the vast seas o’er;
For deeds, in spite of fate abhorr’d,
Than these more worthy to record
Ne’er pass’d thy view before.
To abase the wealthy Gades, see,