Lyric Poems Made in Imitation of the Italians. Of which, many are Translations From other Languages ... By Philip Ayres |
A PARAPHRASE.
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A PARAPHRASE.
On CALLIMACHUS.
Περι ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΩΝ
Of LEARNING.
The Rosy Chaplets which my Head adorn,
And richest Garments on my Body worn,
In Beauty and in Substance must decay,
And by Degrees shall all consume away:
And richest Garments on my Body worn,
In Beauty and in Substance must decay,
And by Degrees shall all consume away:
The Meats and Drinks which do my Life sustain,
Nature in certain hours expels again.
We of no outward Blessings are secure,
They cannot time's, nor Fortune's Shocks endure.
Nature in certain hours expels again.
We of no outward Blessings are secure,
They cannot time's, nor Fortune's Shocks endure.
For all my Worldly Goods are subject still
To a Thief's Mercy, or Oppressour's VVill:
But Sacred Learning treasur'd in the Mind,
VVhen all things else forsake me, stays behind.
To a Thief's Mercy, or Oppressour's VVill:
But Sacred Learning treasur'd in the Mind,
VVhen all things else forsake me, stays behind.
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