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46 PARADISE REGAINED. BOOK ill.
And all the flourifhing works of peace deftroy,
Then fwell with pride, and muft be titled gods,
Great Benefactors of mankind, deliverers,
Worfhipp'd with temple, prieft and facrifice;
One is the fon of Jove, of Mars the other j
Till conqu'ror death difcover them fcarce men,
Rolling in brutifh vices, and deform'd,
Violent or fhameful death their due reward.
But if there be in glory ought of good,
It may by means far different be attain'd
Without ambition, war, or violence ;
By deeds of peace, by wifdom eminent,
: By patience, temperance I mention ftill
Him whom thy wrongs with faintly patience borne
Made famous in a land and times obfcure ;
"Who names not now wilh honour patient Job?
Poor Socrates (who next more memorable?)
By what he taught and fuffer'd for fo doing,
For truth's fake fuffering death unjuft, lives now
Equal in fame to proudeft conquerors.
Yet if for fame and glory ought be done,
Ought fuffer'd; if young African for fame
His wafted country freed from Punic rage,
The deed becomes unprais'd, the man at leaft,
And lofes, though but verbal, his reward.
Shall I feek glory then, as vain men feek,
Oft not deferv'd? I feek not mine, but his
Who fent me', and thereby witnefs whence I am."
To whom the Tempter murm'ring thus reply'd.
" Think not fo flight of glory; therein leaft
Refembling thy great Father: he feeks glory,