Give this to sway the army, that the state;
And keep a prince in ward, retired to reign
O’er Capreæ’s crags, with his Chaldean train?
Yes, yes, thou wouldst (for I can read thy breast)
Enjoy that favor which he once possessed,
Assume all offices, grasp all commands,
The Imperial Horse, and the Prætorian Bands,
’Tis Nature, this; e’en those who want the will,
Pant for the dreadful privilege to kill:
Yet what delight can rank and power bestow,