John Ogilby Quotes

Who, dearest daughter! thus unkindly used,
And like a malefactor thee abused?
She sighing then replied; Juno thy wife,
Who still foments contention here and strife.

Three times I strove to cling about her Neck,
Thrice her in vain my circling Arms entwin'd
She like a swift Dream flyes, or nimble Wind.

But Ajax now no longer thought it good
To keep his post, and stand where others stood.

Age all things wasts.

The hope of my poor Flock.

Taught by my Woes, to succour the distrest.

Can in Celestial minds such Passion reign?

There had his flesh been rent, fractur'd his bones,
'Mongst rowling pebbles, and sharp pointed stones.

Dear Friends, for we have many Dangers past,
And greater, God these too will end at last.

With cruell tusks a savage boar imploys,
Who all king Œneus' fertile fields destroys:
The stately trees tore from their fiber'd roots,
Silver'd with blossoms of delicious fruits.

But may the Earth first swallow me alive,
Or Jove's dire Thunder sink me down to Hell,
Where Shades, pale Shades, of Night eternal dwell,
E're I with Shame, and those dear Ties dispense:
He who my first Love had, hath born it hence,
And in his Grave for ever let it rest.

Yet I a way to raise my self have found,
Shall make my Name through all the World renown'd.

Of Pride in thy Prosperity beware,
Vicissitudes of Fortune Constant are.

Farewell, farewel, Night shades my Body o're,
Stretching my hands, t'embrace thee, thine no more.

Various Arts by study might be wrought
Up to their height.