They made themselves a fearful monument!

The wreck of old opinions—things which grew,[jw]

Breathed from the birth of Time: the veil they rent,

And what behind it lay, all earth shall view.[jx]

But good with ill they also overthrew,

Leaving but ruins, wherewith to rebuild

Upon the same foundation, and renew

Dungeons and thrones, which the same hour refilled,

As heretofore, because Ambition was self-willed.