Homo Homini Lupus Est.

Homo homini lupus est,

He drinks deep of crimson goblet

Of whom he once called brother.

Envy covets all,

And with igni ferroque

splits the holy word asunder.

On the tomb of hope wisdom wrote,

Sum quod eris,

But self blinded eyes will not see.

Once on tabula rasa 

Wisdom and faith wrote the words of the sage,

Now cancelled by the hand of mortals.

And the echoing cry on tempest's wind is,

Mor tua vita mea.

Who will count the final body bags?

For now it is,

Bellum omium contra omnes.

And homo homini lupus est

Returns to the caverns

From whence he came.

1. Homo homini lupus est - man is the wolf of men.
2. Tabula rasa - smooth or scraped tablet, refering to the mind of man at birth.
3. Mors tua vita mea - your death is my life.
4.Igni ferroque - fire and iron, scorched earth policy.
5.Bellum omium contra omnes - war all against all.
6.Sum quod eris - I am what you will be.

unknown author.

Carpe Diem

Age saw two quiet children 
Go loving by at twilight, 
He knew not whether homeward, 
Or outward from the village, 
Or (chimes were ringing) churchward, 
He waited, (they were strangers) 
Till they were out of hearing 
To bid them both be happy. 
"Be happy, happy, happy, 
And seize the day of pleasure." 
The age-long theme is Age's. 
'Twas Age imposed on poems 
Their gather-roses burden 
To warn against the danger 
That overtaken lovers 
From being overflooded 
With happiness should have it. 
And yet not know they have it. 
But bid life seize the present? 
It lives less in the present 
Than in the future always, 
And less in both together 
Than in the past. The present 
Is too much for the senses, 
Too crowding, too confusing- 
Too present to imagine.

© Robert Frost. All rights reserved