The genius for sovereignty; their fate

To be Earth’s lords, and Earth’s to stand and wait!

Let others wile the furnace with its heat

To warm the heart within the bronze to beat,

Cunningly lift th’ imprisoning stone away,

And lead nymphs forth to blush in rosy day;

Dissemble truth with nimble tongues; and call

Stars by their names; tell when they rise and fall.

Others Rome’s Arts;—

To speak her mistress will: