Charles left behind no harsh decree,
For schoolmen, with laborious art,
To save from cruelty:[54]
Those, for whom love could no excuses frame,
He graciously forgot to name.
Thus far my muse, though rudely, has designed
Some faint resemblance of his godlike mind;
But neither pen nor pencil can express
The parting brothers tenderness;
Though that's a term too mean and low;