Shall dread his vengeance till his blood be spilt;

Which if my filial tenderness oppose,

Since to the empire by their arms I rose,

Those very arms on me shall be employed,

A new usurper crowned, and I destroyed:

}

{ The same pretence of public good will hold,

{ And new Achitophels be found as bold

{ To urge the needful change,—perhaps the old.

He said. The statesman with a smile replies,