Time & Brevity
Epigram
From The Ingoldsby Legends, Third Series
Time & Brevity
What Horace says is, Eheu fugaces
Anni labuntur, Postume, Postume!
Years glide away, and are lost to me, lost to me!
Now, when the folks in the dance sport their merry toes,
Taglionis and Ellslers, Duvernays and Ceritos,
Sighing I murmur, "O mihi præteritos!"
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MLA
Richard Harris Barham (‘Thomas Ingoldsby’). “Epigram.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/barham/56/.
Chicago
Richard Harris Barham (‘Thomas Ingoldsby’). “Epigram.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/barham/56/.
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