Resolved To Ruin Or To Rule The

Fortune's Unjust; She Ruins Oft The Brave, And Him Who Should Be Victor, Makes The Slave.

Mighty Things From Small Beginnings Grow.

All Things Are Subject To Decay And When Fate Summons, Monarchs Must Obey.

Chaucer Followed Nature Everywhere, But Was Never So Bold To Go Beyond Her.

Desire Of Power, On Earth A Vicious Weed, Yet, Sprung From High, Is Of Celestial Seed: In God 'tisglory; And When Men Aspire, 'tis But A Spark Too Much Of Heavenly Fire.