It looks as if the Maker would not own

The noble work for his,

Before 'twas tried and found a master-piece.

XVI.

View then a monarch ripened for a throne.

Alcides thus his race began,

O'er infancy he swiftly ran;

The future God at first was more than man:

Dangers and toils, and Juno's hate,

Even o'er his cradle lay in wait,