Her absence thee besottes: each hower, each hower

Of staie, to thee impatient seemes an age.

Enough of conquest, praise thou deem’st enough,

If soone enough the bristled fieldes thou see

Of fruitfull Ægipt, and the stranger floud

Thy Queenes faire eyes (another Pharos) lights.

Returned loe, dishonoured, despisde,

In wanton loue a woman thee misleades

Sunke in foule sinke: meane while respecting nought

Thy wife Octauia and her tender babes,