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POEM

• The Caesars and the Alexanders were But men gone mad, who ran about a while Upsetting kingdoms, and were slain in turn Like rabid dogs, or died in misery. Assassins laid in wait for Caesar; wine, Amid the boasts of victory, cut short The glory of the Macedonian; Deception cooled the fever Pompey had; Death was dealt to Phyrrus by a woman’s Hand; Themistocles and Hannibal drank Deep of poison in their desolation.

FIRST STANZA ANALYSIS

• The Caesars and the Alexanders were But men gone mad, who ran about a while Upsetting kingdoms, and were slain in turn Like rabid dogs, or died in misery.

SECOND STANZA ANALYSIS

• Assassins laid in wait for Caesar; wine, Amid the boasts of victory, cut short The glory of the Macedonian;

THIRD STANZA ANALYSIS

• Deception cooled the fever Pompey had; Death was dealt to Phyrrus by a woman’s Hand; Themistocles and Hannibal drank Deep of poison in their desolation.