The ancestral sceptre, public fame, content

Of private life, the general good report,

Power, reputation, happiness, ... whate’er

The heart of man desires to constitute

His earthly weal, ... unerring Justice claim’d

In forfeiture. I with submitted soul

Bow to the righteous law and kiss the rod.

Only while thus submitted, suffering thus, ...

Only while offering up that name on earth,

Perhaps in trial offer’d to my choice,