Richard Lovelace

Here you will find the Poem Ausonius Epig of poet 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.