No claimant princes shall hereafter jar,
(The bloody sources of intestine war)
For thus I will — both ye, my children, share
Alike my fondness, and alike my care!
Yet you, my eldest, to the crown succeed;
'Tis what thy father, what the gods decreed.
Reflect, from whence that sacred power is given,
Its fount, the grand authority of heaven!
Reflect, that monarchs only were design'd
To guard their people, and to bless mankind!
Each royal mandate Equity should bound,
And Goodness cast a smile on all around.