Thus dwelt together in love these simple Acadian farmers —
Dwelt in the love of God and of man. Alike they were free from
Fear, that reigns with the tyrant, and envy, the vice of republics.

— Evangeline, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1847

Pity on us, I suppose, as we live in the midst of the envy
and with the fear that our leaders will become tyrants.