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Ausonius Epig

Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657

AUSONIUS EPIG.

Emptis quod libris tibi bibliotheca referta est,
  Doctum et grammaticum te, philomuse, putas.
Quinetiam cytharas, chordas et barbita conde:
  Mercator hodie, cras citharoedus, eris.

                  IN ENGLISH.

Because with bought books, sir, your study's fraught,
A learned grammarian you would fain be thought;
Nay then, buy lutes and strings; so you may play
The merchant now, the fidler, the next day.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BBCC
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 421
Words 64
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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