AUSONIUS EPIG.
Emptis quod libris tibi bibliotheca referta est,
Doctum et grammaticum te, philomuse, putas.
Quinetiam cytharas, chordas et barbita conde:
Mercator hodie, cras citharoedus, eris.
IN ENGLISH.
Because with bought books, sir, your study's fraught,
A learned grammarian you would fain be thought;
Nay then, buy lutes and strings; so you may play
The merchant now, the fidler, the next day.
More verses by Richard Lovelace
- Mart. Lib. I. Epi. 14.
- Ad Juvencium. Cat. Ep. 49.
- Ausonius
- A Fly Caught In A Cobweb
- Ad Quintium. Cat. Ep. 83