Cuncta Licet Cecidisse Putas Discrimina Rerum

John Skelton 1460 (Norfolk) – 1529 (London)



Cuncta licet cecidisse putas discrimina rerum,
Et prius incerta nunc tibi certa manent,
Consiliis usure meis tamen aspice caute,
Subdola non fallat te dea fraude sua:
Saepe solet placido mortales fallere vultu,
Et cute sub placida tabida saepe dolent;
Ut quando secura putas et cuncta serena,
Anguis sub viridi gramine saepe latet.
Though ye suppose all jeperdys ar paste,
And all is done that ye lokyd for before,
Ware yet, I rede you, of Fortunes dowble cast,
For one fals poynt she is wont to kepe in store,
And vnder the fell oft festered is the sore:
That when ye thynke all daunger for to pas,
Ware of the lesard lyeth lurkyng in the gras.

Qd Skelton, laureat.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAABAAXAACACCBB A
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 659
Words 120
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 15, 1

John Skelton

John Skelton (1460-1529), also known as John Shelton, possibly born in Diss, Norfolk, was an English poet. more…

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