III.

30Yet 'tis our happiness to see

Oblivion, Death, and adverse Destiny

Encounter'd, vanquish'd, and disarm'd by thee.

For if thy pencils fail,

Change thy artillery

And thou'rt secure of victory.

Employ thy quill and thou shall still prevail.

The Grand Destroyer, greedy Time, reveres

Thy Fancy's imag'ry, and spares