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And loftiest; bring the mighty downAnd lift the weak; with whirring flightComes Fortune, plucks the monarch's crown,And decks therewith some meaner wight.

Lady of Antium, grave and stern!O Goddess, who canst lift the lowTo high estate, and sudden turnA triumph to a funeral show!Thee the poor hind that tills the soilImplores; their queen they own in thee,Who in Bithynian vessel toilAmid the vex'd Carpathian sea.