Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Empires

Europe’s eye is fixed on mighty things,
The fate of empires, and the fall of Kings.
Burns.—Rights of Woman.

Nations and empires flourish and decay,
By turns command, and in their turns obey.
Ovid.—Meta., Book XV. Line 420. (Dryden.)