Though arms be lacking, wiles be none,

Still is the will of fortune done:

By force of his own greatness falls the king.

'Tis ever thus: the bellying sail90

Fears the o'erstrong though favoring gale;

The tower feels rainy Auster's dread

If to the clouds it rear its head;

Huge oaks most feel the whirlwind's lash;95

High mountains most with thunder crash;

And while the common herd in safety feeds,