YOU'll oft find in books, rather ancient than recent, A gap in the page marked with "cetera desunt," By which you may commonly take it for granted The passage is wanting without being wanted; And may borrow, besides, a significant hint That desunt means simply not decent to print! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SONG OF HIAWATHA: PICTURE-WRITING by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL by PUBLIUS AELIUS HADRIANUS A SUMMER NIGHT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL LINES TO THE MEMORY OF ANNIE WHO DIED AT MILAN, JUNE 6, 1860 by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE VICTORY by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA INAUGURATION SONNET: ERNEST FOX NICHOLS by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE JACK FROST AND THE CATY-DID by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |