Cuncta Licet Cecidisse Putas Discrimina Rerum Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCBBDBBEBEECC BCuncta licet cecidisse putas discrimina rerum | A |
Et prius incerta nunc tibi certa manent | B |
Consiliis usure meis tamen aspice caute | B |
Subdola non fallat te dea fraude sua | C |
Saepe solet placido mortales fallere vultu | B |
Et cute sub placida tabida saepe dolent | B |
Ut quando secura putas et cuncta serena | D |
Anguis sub viridi gramine saepe latet | B |
Though ye suppose all jeperdys ar paste | B |
And all is done that ye lokyd for before | E |
Ware yet I rede you of Fortunes dowble cast | B |
For one fals poynt she is wont to kepe in store | E |
And vnder the fell oft festered is the sore | E |
That when ye thynke all daunger for to pas | C |
Ware of the lesard lyeth lurkyng in the gras | C |
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Qd Skelton laureat | B |
John Skelton
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