Living

4.

by Abraham Cowley 1618–1667

Living

—Et nobis saevire facultas:
—An Scythicis quoties armata venenis
Colchis aget trepido pallebunt Tartara motu,
Nostri cura minor? &c.
Omne nefas superi prima jam voce precantis
Concedunt, carmen que timent audire secundum.
Tum vox Lethaeos cunctis pollentior herbis
Excantare Deos, confundit murmura primum
Dissona, & humanae multum discordia Linguae.
—Sed imagine falsa
Visibus human is magicos tribuere figuras.

MLA

Cowley, Abraham. “4.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowley/131/.

Chicago

Cowley, Abraham. “4.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowley/131/.

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