Or, if allusions may not rise so high, }
Thus, when Alcides raised his infant cry, }
The snakes besieged his young divinity; }
But vainly with their forked tongues they threat,
For opposition makes a hero great.
To needful succour all the good will run,
And Jove assert the godhead of his son.
O still repining at your present state,
Grudging yourselves the benefits of fate;
Look up, and read in characters of light