Is sacrific'd, alas! to lawless pow'r.
All, all is lost! No spark of hope remains;
Death only now, or banishment and chains.
Hard fate of war! How hast thou changed the scene!
What just, what glorious enterprize made vain!
Pale Nature trembles; general decay
Succeeds the horrors of th' unlucky day.
The good, the brave, in sympathy unite, [fol. 390.]
Amaz'd that Heav'n did not maintain the fight.
Despairing beauty languishes to see