Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.


Ovid's Metamorphoses (ed. 1717)


Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.

Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.

Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.

Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey.