John Dryden

A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.

A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.

Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.

Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.

But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.

But Esau's hands suit ill with Jacob's voice.

For who can be secure of private right,
If sovereign sway may be dissolved by might?
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For who can be secure of private right,
If sovereign sway may be dissolved by might?
Nor is the people's judgment always true:
The most may err as grossly as the few.

Skill'd in the globe and sphere, he gravely stands,
And, with his compass, measures seas and lands.

Skill'd in the globe and sphere, he gravely stands,
And, with his compass, measures seas and lands.