On The Flight Of Time

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Title:     On The Flight Of Time
Author: Franklin P. Adams [More Titles by Adams]

Horace: Book I, Ode 2

"Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi"

AD LEUCONOEN

Look not, Leuconoe, into the future;
Seek not to find what the Answer may be;
Let no Chaldean clairvoyant compute your
Time of existence.... It irritates me!

Better to bear what may happen soever
Patiently, playing it through like a sport,
Whether the end of your breathing is Never,
Or, as is likely, your time will be short.

This is the angle, the true situation;
Get me, I pray, for I'm putting you hep:
While I've been fooling with versification
Time has been flying.... Both gates!
Watch your step!

[The end]
Franklin P. Adams's poem: On The Flight Of Time

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