Of wreaking vengeance on her worst of foes,

Scruple to blame, since speech that blames insults

Too much the very villain life-released.

Now, I say, only after death, begins

That formidable claim,—immunity

Of faultiness from fault's due punishment!

The living, who defame me,—why, they live:

Fools,—I best prove them foolish by their life,

Will they but work on, lay their work by mine,

And wait a little, one Olympiad, say!