Richard Lovelace

Here you will find the Poem Mart. Ep. XV. Lib. 6. of poet Richard Lovelace

Mart. Ep. XV. Lib. 6.

MART. EP. XV. LIB. 6.

Dum Phaetontea formica vagatur in umbra,
 Implicuit tenuem succina gutta feram,
Dignum tantorum pretium tulit illa laborum:
 Credibile est ipsam sic voluisse mori.

 ENGLISHED.

Whilst in an amber-shade the ant doth feast,
A gummy drop ensnares the small wild-beast,
A full reward of all her toyls hath she;
'Tis to be thought she would her self so die.