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66 :The Roman wit, who impiouſly divides His hero and his gods to different ſides, I would condemn, but that, in ſpite of ſenſe, Th’ admiring world ſtill ſtands in his defence. How oft, alas! the beſt of men in vain Contend for bleſſings which the worſt obtain? The gods permitting traitors to ſucceed Become not parties in an impious deed, And by the tyrant’s murder we may find That Cato and the gods were of a mind.