Poems on Several Occasions With Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII. An Epistle. By Mrs. Elizabeth Tollet. The Second Edition |
Horace to Leuconoe. |
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Horace to Leuconoe.
No! no! Leuconoe! seek no moreWhat rests for thee or me in Store;
'Tis Guilt the future to explore:
The vain Chaldæan's Art to try;
For casting thy Nativity.
'Tis better learn the worst to bear:
Whether we gain another Year;
Or this the last which shall be given
At the determin'd Will of Heav'n.
Be wise; and pierce the gen'rous Wine:
And all thy distant Hopes resign;
When but a Moment can be thine.
And what can envious Time afford,
Which slies while we pronounce the Word?
Then seize the present while you may;
Nor trust To-morrow for a Day.
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