Were strong with people easy to rebel.
For governed by the moon, the giddy Jews[18]
Tread the same track when she the prime renews.
And once in twenty years, their scribes record,
By natural instinct they change their lord.
Achitophel still wants a chief, and none
Was found so fit as warlike Absalom.[19]
Not that he wished his greatness to create,
For politicians neither love nor hate:
But, for he knew his title not allowed