Submitting, swell’d a haughty rival’s[D] fame.
Rear’d by his care, of softer ray appears
Cimon sweet-soul’d; whose genius, rising strong,
Shook off the load of young debauch; abroad
The scourge of Persian pride, at home the friend
Of every worth and every splendid art;
Modest and simple, in the pomp of wealth.
Then the last worthies of declining Greece,
Late call’d to glory, in unequal times
Pensive appear. The fair Corinthian boast,