As these new cantos touch on warlike feats,

To you the unflattering Muse deigns to inscribe[IU]Truths, that you will not read in the Gazettes,

But which 't is time to teach the hireling tribe

Who fatten on their country's gore, and debts,

Must be recited—and without a bribe.

You did great things, but not being great in mind,

Have left undone the greatest—and mankind.