Essays (Cowley)

Contents

Martial. Lib. 2. Vota tui breviter, etc.
Martial. Lib. 2. Vis fieri Liber, etc.
Martial. Lib. 2. Quod to nomine? etc.
Ode Upon Liberty

Of Solitude

Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good!

Of Obscurity

Seneca, ex Thyeste, Act 2. Chor.

Of Agriculture

Virg. Georg.--O fortunatus nimium, etc.
Horat. Epodon. Beatus ille qui procul, etc.
The Country Mouse
Horace To Fuscus Aristius.
The Country Life

The Garden

Happy art thou whom God does bless

Of Greatness

Horace. Lib. 3. Ode 1. Odi profanum vulgus, etc.

Of Avarice

I admire, Maecenas, how it comes to pass,
"Inclusam Danaen turris ahenea."

The Dangers of an Honest Man in much Company

Claudian's Old Man of Verona.

The Shortness of Life and Uncertainty of Riches

Why dost thou heap up wealth, which thou must quit,

The Danger Of Procrastination

Mart. Lib. 5, Ep. 59.
Mart. Lib. 2, Ep. 90.

Of Myself

Martial, Lib. 10, Ep. 47.
Martial, Lib. 10. Ep. 96.

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