Permit, at length permit this trembling hand,
To mention honour’s claim and love’s demand;
And if some crime thy just aversion draws,
Tell, only cruel, tell the hapless cause.
My brother all prepar’d, assum’d his arms,
When war between you kindled fierce alarms;
To reunite two heroes then became
Of me, the glorious and successful aim;
Your jarring int’rests in one point to blend,
And change each stern opponent to a friend;