The Poetical Recreations of Mr. Alexander Craig of Rosecraig |
TO John LORD Ramsay, Vicunt of Hadington, the Author bemoneth his hard Fortunes in England. |
The Poetical Recreations of Mr. Alexander Craig | ||
TO John LORD Ramsay, Vicunt of Hadington, the Author bemoneth his hard Fortunes in England.
Alas, why sould Calisthenes remaineWhere Agis both and Cleo beare the sway,
These Sicophants and Parasites profaine,
Draw Macedoes magnific minde astray:
Jt Aristip in Court make any stay,
Some Tyran straight shall spit into his face,
Thus feeling ill, and fearing worse each day,
A miriad of mis-fortunes I embrace.
How carefull is Entimeon poore thy case
At home, abrod, since Fortun is thy foe;
But ere thou turne to Griece with more disgrace,
Jn Persia die, and there intomb thy woe:
To him that liues, and must die Fortunes slaue,
Jf nothing else, good Persians grant a graue.
The Poetical Recreations of Mr. Alexander Craig | ||