Leaves him[191] at ease among grand thoughts: whose eye

Sees that, apart from magnanimity,

Wisdom exists not; nor the humbler skill

Of Prudence, disentangling good and ill 5

With patient care. What tho’[192] assaults run high,

They daunt not him who holds his ministry,

Resolute, at all hazards, to fulfil

Its[193] duties;—prompt to move, but firm to wait,—

Knowing, things rashly sought are rarely found; 10

That, for[194] the functions of an ancient State—