History & Politics
Epigram XXXIII. Aliter
Translated by Alexander Brome (1664) · From Songs and Other Poems (1664)
History & Politics
I That ere while, of waters was afraid,
For lack of waters, am by fire destroy'd:
You waves, whom late I curst, I now implore,
Then I'd too much, and now I long for more.
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Brome, Alexander. “Epigram XXXIII. Aliter.” Translated by Alexander Brome. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brome/198/.
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Brome, Alexander. “Epigram XXXIII. Aliter.” Translated by Alexander Brome. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brome/198/.
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