At once all workmen in the demiurge,

All epochs in a lifetime, every task

In one!" So should the sudden city bask

I' the day—while those we'd feast there, want the knack

Of keeping fresh-chalked gowns from speck and brack,

Distinguish not rare peacock from vile swan,

Nor Mareotic juice from Cæcuban.

"Enough of Rome! 'T was happy to conceive

Rome on a sudden, nor shall fate bereave

Me of that credit: for the rest, her spite