...quiet. On what Foundation stands the Warrior's Pride? How just his Hopes, let Swedish Charles decide; A Frame of Adamant, a Soul of Fire, No Dangers fright him, and no Labours tire; O'er Love, o'er Force, extends his wide Domain, Unconquer'd Lord of Pleasure and of Pain; No Joys to him pacific Scepters...

...to his duty and all but unlimited faith in his star, and above everything a most iron resolution— A Frame of Adamant, A Soul of Fire, No Dangers fright him, and no Labours tire. 5 He was to have more than his share of both. Toledo, though unwell, came down to Callao to inspect...

...tragic hero, he is a hero in the mold of Aeschylus' Xerxes or Milton's Satan. Indeed, the description "A Frame of Adamant, a Soul of Fire, / No Dangers fright him, and no Labours tire," would fit the latter perfectly. Both on reading the plain text of The Vanity of Human Wishes and on...