and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and lõoked on him, and passed by on the other side. 7 But a certain Samăritan, as he journied, came where he wás: and when he saw him, he had compàssion on him,--and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own béast, and brought him to an ínn, and took care of him. 8 And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him: and what soever thou spendest móre, when I come again, I will repay thee. 9 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves ?--And he said, He that shewed mèrcy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. 5. As to those public works, so much the object of your ridicule, they, undoubtedly, demand a due share of honour and applause; but I rate them far beneath the great merit of my administration. It is not with stones nor bricks that 'I have fortified the city. It is not from works like these that 'I derive my reputation. Would you know my methods of fortifying? Examine, and you will find them in the arms, the towns, the territories, the harbours I have secured; the navies, the troops, the armies I have raised. 6. For if you now pronounce, that, as my public conduct hath not been right, Ctesiphon must stand condemned, it must be thought that yourselves have acted wrong, not that you owe your present state to the caprice of fortune. But it cannot bè. No, my countrymen! It cannot be you have acted wrong, in encountering danger bravely, for the liberty and safety of all Greece. No! by those generous souls of ancient times, who were exposed at Marathon! By those who stood arrayed at Platea! By those who encountered the Persian fleet at Salamis! who fought at Artemisium! By all those illustrious sons of Athens, whose remains lie deposited in the public monuments! All of whom received the same honourable interment from their country: Not those only who prevailed, not those only who were victorious. And with reason. What was the part of gallant men they all performed; their success was such as the supreme director of the world dispensed to each. 7. Like other tyrants, death delights to smite, What, smitten, most proclaims the pride of pow'r, And arbitrary nod. His joy supreme, To bid the wretch survive the fortunate; ènd. 5 The feeble wrap the athlètic in his shroud; gems, 15 Sparkles instruction; such as throws new light, Ill known to thee, LORENZO! This thy vaunt : "But own man born to live as well as die." Wretched and old thou giv'st him; young and gay He takes; and plunder is a tyrant's joy. * Fortune, with youth and gaiety, conspir'd And could death charge through such a shíning shield ? 10 And strongly preach humility to man. O how portentous is prosperity! How, comet-like, it threatens, while it shines! 15 And sheath his shafts in all the pride of life. *In this place and in many others, the connexion of the author is broken in the selections, without notice. By the strong strokes of lab'ring hinds subdu'd, 5 And hill, and stream, and distant dale resound.* 8. Genius and art, ambition's boasted wings, Our boast but ill deserve. -If these alone Assist our flight, fame's flight is glory's fàll. Young. 15 Methinks I see, as thrown from her high sphere, Great ill is an achievement of great pow'rs. Right ends, and means, make wisdom: Worldly-wise * In all the following Exercises, the sign of transition and other marks of modulation are occasionally used. Let genius then despair to make thee great; Monarchs and ministers, are awful names; External homage, and a supple knee, Nor ever paid the monarch, but the man. Let the small savage boast his silver fur; Pygmies are pygmies stíll, though perch'd on 'Alps ; 25 And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall. 30 What station charms thee? I'll install thee there; "Tis thìne. And art thou greater than before? Then thou before wast something less than man. |