And Law and Ruin ever are twin-brothers.—
Art named to a general's post? fines, penalties,
And debts upon the heels of office follow.
Do the stage-charges fall upon you? good:
The chorus must go clad in spangled robes,
Yourself may pace in rags. Far happier he
Who's named a trierarch:—he buys a halter
And wisely balks at once th' expensive office.—
Sleeping or waking, on the sea or land,
Among your menials or before your foes,