No dangers fright him, and no labours tire;

O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain,

Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain;

No joys to him pacific sceptres yield,

War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field;

Behold surrounding kings their pow'r combine,

And one capitulate, and one resign;

Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain;

"Think nothing gain'd," he cries, "till nought remain,

On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly,