Translation Of A Distich On Duke Of Modena's Running Away From Comet

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Title:     Translation Of A Distich On Duke Of Modena's Running Away From Comet
Author: Samuel Johnson [More Titles by Johnson]

IMPROVISO TRANSLATION
OF THE FOLLOWING DISTICH ON THE DUKE OF MODENA'S
RUNNING AWAY FROM THE COMET IN 1742 OR 1743.

Se al venir vostro i principi sen' vanno
Deh venga ogni di--durate un' anno.

If at your coming princes disappear,
Comets! come every day--and stay a year.

[The end]
Samuel Johnson's poem: Improviso Translation Of A Distich On The Duke Of Modena's Running Away From Th

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