Mart. Ep. XV. Lib. 6.

Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657



MART. EP. XV. LIB. 6.

Dum Phaetontea formica vagatur in umbra,
  Implicuit tenuem succina gutta feram,
Dignum tantorum pretium tulit illa laborum:
  Credibile est ipsam sic voluisse mori.

                 ENGLISHED.

Whilst in an amber-shade the ant doth feast,
A gummy drop ensnares the small wild-beast,
A full reward of all her toyls hath she;
'Tis to be thought she would her self so die.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme X XAAB CCBX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 390
Words 65
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4

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