135Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought.
With Henry’s death the English circle ends;
Dispersed are the glories it included.
[♦]Now am I like that proud insulting ship
[♦]Which Cæsar and his fortune bare at once.
140 Char. Was Mahomet inspired with a dove?
Thou with an eagle art inspired then.
Helen, the mother of great Constantine,
Nor yet Saint Philip’s daughters, were like thee.
[♦]Bright star of Venus, fall’n down on the earth,