Richard Lovelace

Mart. Ep. XV. Lib. 6.

MART. EP. XV. LIB. 6.
 
Dum Phaetontea formica vagatur in umbra,
 Implicuit tenuem succina gutta feram,
Dignum tantorum pretium tulit illa laborum:
 Credibile est ipsam sic voluisse mori.
 
                ENGLISHED.
 
Whilst in an amber-shade the ant doth feast,
A gummy drop ensnares the small wild-beast,
A full reward of all her toyls hath she;
’Tis to be thought she would her self so die.
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