by Richard Lovelace
MART.EP.XV.LIB.6.
DumPhaetonteaformicavagaturinumbra,
Implicuittenuemsuccinaguttaferam,
Dignumtantorumpretiumtulitillalaborum:
Credibileestipsamsicvoluissemori.
ENGLISHED.
Whilstinanamber-shadetheantdothfeast,
Agummydropensnaresthesmallwild-beast,
Afullrewardofallhertoylshathshe;
'Tistobethoughtshewouldherselfsodie.
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