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Richard Lovelace

Richard Lovelace

Senecae Ex Cleanthe

SENECAE EX CLEANTHE.
 
Duc me, Parens celsique Dominator poli,
Quocunque placuit, nulla parendi mora est;
Adsum impiger; fac nolle, comitabor gemens,
Malusque patiar facere, quod licuit bono.
Ducunt volentem Fata, nolentem trahunt.
 
                ENGLISHED.
 
Parent and Prince of Heav’n, O lead, I pray,
Where ere you please, I follow and obey.
Active I go, sighing, if you gainsay,
And suffer bad what to the good was law.
Fates lead the willing, but unwilling draw.

#English #XVIICentury

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