Baron, he said, the die of war is cast;
What part art thou prepared to take? against,
Or with the oppressor?
Not against my friends, ...
Not against you!... the irresolute wretch replied,
Hasty, yet faltering in his fearful speech:
But ... have ye weigh’d it well?... It is not yet
Too late, ... their numbers, ... their victorious force,
Which hath already trodden in the dust
The sceptre of the Goths: ... the throne destroy’d, ...