Some, tired of honest service; these, outdone,
Disgusted therefore, or appalled, by aims
Of fiercer zealots—so confusion reigned,
And the more faithful were compelled to exclaim,
As Brutus did to Virtue, 'Liberty,
I worshipped thee, and find thee but a Shade!'[DO]
"Such recantation had for me no charm,
Nor would I bend to it; who should have grieved
At aught, however fair, that[268] bore the mien
Of a conclusion, or catastrophe.