_I. Ber_. Such ties are not For those who are called to the high destinies Which purify corrupted commonwealths; We must forget all feelings save the _one_, We must resign all passions save our purpose, We must behold no object save our country, And only look on Death as beautiful, 90 So that the sacrifice ascend to Heaven, And draw down Freedom on her evermore. _Cal_. But if we fail----[413] _I. Ber_. They never fail who die In a great cause: the block may soak their gore:[di] Their heads may sodden in the sun; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls-- But still their Spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct 100 The world at last to Freedom. What were we, If Brutus had not lived? He died in giving[dj] Rome liberty, but left a deathless lesson-- A name which is a virtue, and a Soul Which multiplies itself throughout all time, When wicked men wax mighty, and a state Turns servile. He and his high friend were styled "The last of Romans!"[414] Let us be the first Of true Venetians, sprung from Roman sires. _Cal_. Our fathers did not fly from Attila[415] 110 Into these isles, where palaces have sprung On banks redeemed from the rude ocean's ooze, To own a thousand despots in his place. Better bow down before the Hun, and call A Tartar lord, than these swoln silkworms[416] masters! The first at least was man, and used his sword As sceptre: these unmanly creeping things Command our swords, and rule us with a word As with a spell. _I. Ber_. It shall be broken soon. You say that all things are in readiness; 120 To-day I have not been the usual round, And why thou knowest; but thy vigilance Will better have supplied my care: these orders In recent council to redouble now Our efforts to repair the galleys, have Lent a fair colour to the introduction Of many of our cause into the arsenal, As new artificers for their equipment, Or fresh recruits obtained in haste to man The hoped-for fleet.--Are all supplied with arms? 130 _Cal_. All who were deemed trust-worthy: there are some Whom it were well to keep in ignorance Till it be time to strike, and then supply them; When in the heat and hurry of the hour They have no opportunity to pause, But needs must on with those who will surround them. _I. Ber_. You have said well. Have you remarked all such?