Book 6 — EPIGRAMS TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN OF OWEN.
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ON ONE IGNORANT AND ARROGANT.
Thou mayst of double ignorance boast, Who know'st not that thou nothing know'st.
PRUDENT SIMPLICITY.
That thou mayst injure no man, dove-like be, And serpent-like, that none may injure thee!
TO A FRIEND IN DISTRESS.
I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend; For when at worst, they say, things always mend.
RETALIATION.
The works of ancient bards divine, Aulus, thou scorn'st to read; And should posterity read thine, It would be strange indeed! When little more than boy in age, I deem'd myself almost a sage: But now seem worthier to be styled, For ignorance, almost a child.
SUNSET AND SUNRISE.
Contemplate, when the sun declines, Thy death with deep reflection! And when again he rising shines, The day of resurrection!