Though triumphs were to generals only due, crowns were reserved to grace the soldiers too.
Genius involves both envy and calumny.
Search then the ruling passion: This clue, once found, unravels all the rest.
Consult the Genius of the Place in all.
But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?
A patriot is a fool in ev'ry age.