___Ductor fortissimus armis,
Conditor et legum celeberrimus, ore manuque
Consultor patriae, sed non consultor habendae
Religionis, amans tercentum millia Divum.
Perfidus ille Deo, quamvis non prefidus orbi.
Prudent. Apotheosis, 450, etc.
The consciousness of a generous sentiment seems to have
raised the Christian poet above his usual mediocrity.