And wish in vain Venetian liberty.
The frogs too late grown weary of their pain,
Shall pray to Jove to take him back again.
JOHN CLEIVELAND.
(1613-1658.)
[XVII.] THE SCOTS APOSTASIE.
From Poems and Satires, posthumously published in 1662.
Is't come to this? What shall the cheeks of fame
Stretch'd with the breath of learned Loudon's name,