Thou know'st what wheel makes riches fly away; These riches therefore here securely lay, Fountains of a House perennial, On the Petrensian rock; from Fortune shall Her own wheel thus be wrench'd. Thou knowest how prone A wing bears up unconstant riches, blown On vagrant, veering winds. Come, take away These wings from fleeting riches, make them stay At these our altars, and build here their nest; Till arm'd with wings to better flight redress'd, They may transport themselves to the home of rest, Bearing their master with them. Blest that man Who knowing prudently the times to scan, The airiness of wealth to profit brings, And him on Fortune's pinions deftly flings, And to his riches adds an eagle's wings. S.S. IN CAETERORUM OPERUM DIFFICILI PARTURITIONE GEMITUS.[129] O felix nimis illa, et nostrae nobile nomen Invidiae volucris, facili quae funere surgens Mater odora sui, nitidae nova fila juventae, Et festinatos peragit sibi fata per ignes. Illa, haud natales tot tardis mensibus horas 5 Tam miseris tenuata moris, saltu velut uno In nova secla rapit sese, et caput omne decoras Explicat in frondes, roseoque repullulat ortu. Cinnameos simul illa rogos conscenderit, omnem Laeta bibit Phoebum, et jam jam victricibus alis 10 Plaudit humum cineresque suos. Heu, dispare fato Nos ferimur; seniorque suo sub Apolline phœnix Petrensis mater, dubias librata per auras Pendet adhuc, quaeritque sinum in quo ponat inertes 15 Exuvias, spoliisque suae reparata senectae Ore pari surgat, similique per omnia vultu. At nunc heu nixu secli melioris in ipso Deliquium patitur! At nunc heu lentae longo in molimine vitae 20 Interea moritur! Dubio stant moenia vultu Parte sui pulchra, et fratres in foedera muros Invitant frustra, nec respondentia saxis Saxa suis; moerent opera intermissa, manusque Implorant. 25 Succurre piae, succurre parenti, O quisquis pius es. Illi succurre parenti, Quam sibi tot sanctae matres habuere parentem. Quisquis es, ô tibi, crede, tibi tot hiantia ruptis Moenibus ora loqui. Matrem tibi, crede verendam 30 Muros tam longo laceros senioque situque Ceu canos monstrare suos. Succurre roganti. Per tibi plena olim, per jam sibi sicca precatur Ubera, ne desis senio. Sic longa juventus Te foveat, querulae nunquam cessura senectae. 35 TRANSLATION. A GROAN ON OCCASION OF THE DIFFICULT PARTURITION OF THE REMAINING WORKS OF PETERHOUSE.