A Lesson in Latin Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)
Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems.
A Lesson in Latin Poem
Fairy and Wasp
Our Latin books, in motley row,
Invite us to our task—
Gay Horace, stately Cicero:
Yet there’s one verb, when once we know,
No higher skill we ask:
This ranks all other lore above—
We’ve learned “‘Amare‘ means ‘to love‘!”
So, hour by hour, from flower to flower,
We sip the sweets of Life:
Till, all too soon, the clouds arise,
And flaming cheeks and flashing eyes
Proclaim the dawn of strife:
With half a smile and half a sigh,
“Amare! Bitter One!” we cry.
Last night we owned, with looks forlorn,
“Too well the scholar knows
There is no rose without a thorn”—
But peace is made! We sing, this morn,
“No thorn without a rose!”
Our Latin lesson is complete:
We’ve learned that Love is Bitter-Sweet!
May, 1888.
A Lesson in Latin Poem End
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