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... trust. But failing thus to ensnare him, nor secure How long his foil'd ambition may endure, Plots next to lay him by as past his date, And try some new pretender's luckier fate; Whose hopes with equal toil he would pursue, Nor care what claimer's crown'd, except the true. 870 Wake, Absalom! approaching ruin shun, And see, O see, for whom thou art undone! How are thy honours and thy fame betray'd, The property of desperate villains made! Lost power ... — The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol I - With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes • John Dryden |