O life! thou art a galling load / Along a rough, 15 a weary road, / To wretches such as I! Burns (Despondency).
[Greek: ho logos enênthrôpêsen, hina hêmeis theopoiêthômen]—The Word became man, that we might become gods. Athanasius.
O Lord, that lend'st me life, / Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness! 2 Hen. VI., i. 1.
O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstasy; / In measure rain thy joy; scant this excess; / I feel too much thy blessing! Make it less, / For fear I surfeit. Mer. of Venice, iii. 2.
O magna vis veritatis, quæ ... facile se per se ipsa defendit—Oh, mighty force of truth that by itself so easily defends itself! Cic.
O major tandem, parcas, insane, minori—Oh, 20 thou who art a greater madman; spare me, I pray, who am not so far gone. Hor.
[Greek: ho mê dareis anthrôpos ou paideuetai]—The man who has not been scourged is not educated. Menander.
O mighty Cæsar! dost thou lie so low? / Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, / Shrunk to this little measure? Jul. Cæs., iii. 1.
O mihi præteritos referat si Jupiter annos!—Oh, that Jove would but give me back the years that are past! Virg.
O miseras hominum mentes! O pectora cæca!—Oh, how wretched are the minds of men! oh, how blind their hearts! Lucret.