Which when the word was uttered—with the speed
Of lightning hurrying through the heav'ns—is done.
{But} since that fatal hour—the chief, the sage,
{For}
That hung upon a single life
{Presumptuous, }
{Bold, } fickle, envious, turbulent,
{Ambitious, }
Ever aspiring to the topmost height;
To whom the calm of general content,