Nature
Semel in Anno Ridet Apollo
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Nature
Howsoe'er the minutes go,
Run the hours or swift or slow,
Seem the months or short or long,
Pass the seasons right or wrong,
All we sing, that Phoebus follow,
"Semel in anno ridet Apollo."
Early fall the spring or not,
Prove the summer cold or hot,
Autumn be it fair or foul,
Let the winter smile or scowl,
Still we sing, that Phoebus follow,
"Semel in anno ridet Apollo."
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Heywood, Thomas. “Semel in Anno Ridet Apollo.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heywood/6/.
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Heywood, Thomas. “Semel in Anno Ridet Apollo.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heywood/6/.
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