Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse,

And every conqueror creates a muse.

Edmund Waller (1605-1687): Panegyric on Cromwell.

The great Emathian conqueror bid spare

The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower

Went to the ground.

John Milton (1608-1674): When the Assault was intended to the City.

This England never did, nor never shall,

Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act v. Sc. 7.