Mart. Ep. Xv. Lib. 6.

Richard Lovelace

            MART. EP. XV. LIB. 6.

Dum Phaetontea formica vagatur in umbra,
  Implicuit tenuem succina gutta feram,
Dignum tantorum pretium tulit illa laborum:
  Credibile est ipsam sic voluisse mori.

                 ENGLISHED.

Whilst in an amber-shade the ant doth feast,
A gummy drop ensnares the small wild-beast,
A full reward of all her toyls hath she;
'Tis to be thought she would her self so die.

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