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SPECULUM AMANTIS.
τὁ ῥὀδον ἀκμἀζει βαιὀν χρονὁν' ἢν δἑ παρἐλθυ, ζητων εὐρἠσεισ οὐ ῥὀδον, ἀλλἁ βἀτον.
Incert.
The season of the rose is brief, make haste to pluck your posies; Another day you'll chance to find bare thorns where bloomed the roses.