The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) excluding Seneca and Manilius Introduced and Annotated by F. J. Van Beeck |
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Enter Pittacus.
I'm Pittacus, who once this Maxime penn'd,
Γιγνωσκε καιρον That's Time apprehend.
But by Time we meant Time in Season, as,
In tempore veni is your Roman Phrase.
And your own Comick Poet Terence, he,
Chief of all things makes opportunity,
Where Dromo comes unto Antiphila
I'th'nick of Time: consider what I say.
And mark how many Inconvenience
Sustain, for want of this sole Providence!
But now 'tis more than Time we should be gone;
Farewell: and give your Approbation.
Exit.
I'm Pittacus, who once this Maxime penn'd,
Γιγνωσκε καιρον That's Time apprehend.
But by Time we meant Time in Season, as,
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And your own Comick Poet Terence, he,
Chief of all things makes opportunity,
Where Dromo comes unto Antiphila
I'th'nick of Time: consider what I say.
And mark how many Inconvenience
Sustain, for want of this sole Providence!
But now 'tis more than Time we should be gone;
Farewell: and give your Approbation.
Exit.
| The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702) | |