But the infamy
of one has eclipsed the glory of the other.
of one has eclipsed the glory of the other.
Byron
_Sunt lacrymae rerum!
_ It is a
mournful tale. ]
[382] {606} The "ship of the desert" is the Oriental figure for the
camel or dromedary; and they deserve the metaphor well,--the former for
his endurance, the latter for his swiftness. [Compare _The Deformed
Transformed_, Part I. sc. i, line 117. ]
[383] [Compare _The Age of Bronze_, lines 271-279. ]
[384]
"Lucullus, when frugality could charm.
Had roasted turnips in the Sabine farm. "
POPE [_Moral Essays_, i. 218, 219. ]
[385] The consul Nero, who made the unequalled march which deceived
Hannibal, and defeated Asdrubal; thereby accomplishing an achievement
almost unrivalled in military annals. The first intelligence of his
return, to Hannibal, was the sight of Asdrubal's head thrown into his
camp. When Hannibal saw this, he exclaimed with a sigh, that "Rome would
now be the mistress of the world. " And yet to this victory of Nero's it
might be owing that his imperial namesake reigned at all.
But the infamy
of one has eclipsed the glory of the other. When the name of "Nero" is
heard, who thinks of the consul? --But such are human things! [For
Hannibal's cry of despair, "Agnoscere se fortunam Carthaginis! " see
Livy, lib. xxvii. cap. li. _s. f. _]
[fm] _Tyrant or hero--patriot or a chief_. --[MS. erased. ]
[386] [Compare _Childe Harold_, Canto II. stanza v. line i, see
_Poetical Works_, 1899, ii.
mournful tale. ]
[382] {606} The "ship of the desert" is the Oriental figure for the
camel or dromedary; and they deserve the metaphor well,--the former for
his endurance, the latter for his swiftness. [Compare _The Deformed
Transformed_, Part I. sc. i, line 117. ]
[383] [Compare _The Age of Bronze_, lines 271-279. ]
[384]
"Lucullus, when frugality could charm.
Had roasted turnips in the Sabine farm. "
POPE [_Moral Essays_, i. 218, 219. ]
[385] The consul Nero, who made the unequalled march which deceived
Hannibal, and defeated Asdrubal; thereby accomplishing an achievement
almost unrivalled in military annals. The first intelligence of his
return, to Hannibal, was the sight of Asdrubal's head thrown into his
camp. When Hannibal saw this, he exclaimed with a sigh, that "Rome would
now be the mistress of the world. " And yet to this victory of Nero's it
might be owing that his imperial namesake reigned at all.
But the infamy
of one has eclipsed the glory of the other. When the name of "Nero" is
heard, who thinks of the consul? --But such are human things! [For
Hannibal's cry of despair, "Agnoscere se fortunam Carthaginis! " see
Livy, lib. xxvii. cap. li. _s. f. _]
[fm] _Tyrant or hero--patriot or a chief_. --[MS. erased. ]
[386] [Compare _Childe Harold_, Canto II. stanza v. line i, see
_Poetical Works_, 1899, ii.
