Servilii Fatum, Sive Vindicta Divina

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Title:     Servilii Fatum, Sive Vindicta Divina
Author: Henry Vaughan [More Titles by Vaughan]

Et sic in cithara, sic in dulcedine vitae
Et facti et luctus regnat amarities.
Quam subito in fastum extensos atque esseda[1] vultus
Ultrici oppressit vilis arena sinu!
Si violae, spiransque crocus: si lilium [Greek: aeinon]
Non nisi justorum nascitur e cinere:
Spinarum, tribulique atque infelicis avenae
Quantus in hoc tumulo et qualis acervus erit?
Dii superi! damnosa piis sub sidera longum
Mansuris stabilem conciliate fidem!
Sic olim in c[oe]lum post nimbos clarius ibunt,
Supremo occidui tot velut astra die.
Quippe ruunt horae, qualisque in corpore vixit,
Talis it in tenebras bis moriturus homo.

FOOTNOTE:

[1] The original edition misprints essera.

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Henry Vaughan's poem: Servilii Fatum, Sive Vindicta Divina

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