Richard Lovelace

Ausonius Epig

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.
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