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E’en while we speak the envious time Doth make swift haste away Then seize the Present use thy Prime Nor trust another day

Full Text
E’en while we speak the envious time Doth make swift haste away Then seize the Present use thy Prime Nor trust another day
Sampler Worked By
Elizabeth S.M. Stiles
Date of Sampler
1810
Place Sampler Made
n.p.
Sampler Listed on Page
227
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Thomas Creech translation of Horace/The Odes, Satyrs, and Epistles of Horace/London, England/1684
Notes
https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Tu_ne_quesieris_(Anonymous) Horace is the original author but there are many translations of this Ode from Book 1, Poem II (2). The translation used in verse 291 is from Thomas Creech This verse is unique to Creech (see link above).