Horace: Book I, Ode 2 <br /> <br />"Tu ne quæsieris, scire nefas, quem, mihi, quem tibi" <br /> <br />AD LEUCONOEN <br /> <br /> <br />Look not, Leuconoë, into the future; <br />Seek not to find what the answer may be; <br />Let no Chaldean clairvoyant compute your <br />Time of existence. . . . It irritates me! <br /> <br />Better to bear whatever may happen soever <br />Patiently, playing it through like a sport, <br />Whether the end of your breathing is Never, <br />Or, as is likely, your time will be short. <br /> <br />This is the angle, the true situation; <br />Get me, I pray, for I'm putting you hep: <br />While I've been fooling with versification <br />Time has been flying. . . . Both gates! <br />Watch your step!<br /><br />Franklin P. Adams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-the-flight-of-time/
