“Quid nam sit tempus? Se scire, aut dicere posse...”
1721
Caterina Imperiale Lercari Pallavicini, Marchioness of MombaruzzoOriginal Text
Arcadum Carmina: Pars Prior. Rome: Antonius de Rubeis, 1721, p. 69.Transcription
EPIGRAMMA.
Quid nam sit tempus? Se scire, aut dicere posse Unâ omnes, sapiens, insipiensque negant. Nempe animus noster vitam scit, tempora nescit: Aeternum quid enim praetereuntis habet? Sed cur tristatur de praetereuntibus annis? Heu timet iratum sistier ante Deum! Sistar ego: sed qualis ero? sons dicar, an insons? Utraque, care Deus, si mihi parcis, ero.
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