The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne/63
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TO THE KING.
Tho’ train’d in arms, and learn’d in martial arts,
Thou chuſeſt not to conquer men, but hearts;
Expecting nations for thy triumphs wait,
But thou preferr’ſt the name of Juſt to Great.
So Jove ſuſpends his ſubject-world to doom,5
Which would he pleaſe to thunder he ’d conſume.
O! could the ghoſts of mighty heroes dead
Return on earth, and quit th’ Elyſian ſhade,
Brutus to James would truſt the people’s cauſe;
Thy juſtice is a ſtronger guard than laws:10
Marius and Sylla would reſign to thee,
Nor Cæſar and great Pompey rivals be,
Or rivals only who ſhould beſt obey,
And Cato give his voice for regal sway.14