XI.
Our former chiefs, like sticklers of the war, First sought to inflame the parties, then to poise: The quarrel loved but did the cause abhor; And did not strike to hurt, but make a noise.[11]
Our former chiefs, like sticklers of the war, First sought to inflame the parties, then to poise: The quarrel loved but did the cause abhor; And did not strike to hurt, but make a noise.[11]