{"product_id":"2940149166831","title":"The Works of John Marston","description":"INTRODUCTION.\u003cbr\u003e________________________________________\u003cbr\u003eWhen other poets were repeating Horace’s boast, “Exegi monumentum,” \u0026amp;c., John Marston dedicated the first fruits of his genius “To everlasting Oblivion.” In much of Marston’s satire there is an air of evident insincerity, but the dedicatory address at the close of The Scourge of Villainy is of startling earnestness:—\u003cbr\u003e“Let others pray\u003cbr\u003eFor ever their fair poems flourish may;\u003cbr\u003eBut as for me, hungry Oblivion,\u003cbr\u003eDevour me quick, accept my orison,\u003cbr\u003eMy earnest prayers, which do importune thee,\u003cbr\u003eWith gloomy shade of thy still empery\u003cbr\u003eTo veil both me and my rude poesy.”\u003cbr\u003eThose lines were printed in 1598. Six and thirty years afterwards the poet was laid in his grave, and on the grave-stone was inscribed “Oblivioni sacrum.” But prayers cannot purchase oblivion; and the rugged Timon of the Elizabethan drama, who sought to shroud himself “in the uncomfortable night of nothing,” will be forced from time to time to emerge from the shades and pass before the eyes of curious scholars.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bronson Tweed Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156329152752,"sku":"2940149166831","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149166831_p0.jpg?v=1763720120","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149166831","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}