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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ADVANTAGE OF FOREKNOWLEDGE, by JOHN SUCKLING Poet's Biography
First Line: If man might know / the ill he must undergo
Last Line: He must undergo it.
Variant Title(s): A Translation
Subject(s): Future
First Line: If man might know / the ill he must undergo
Last Line: He must undergo it.
Variant Title(s): A Translation
Subject(s): Future
IF man might know
The ill he must undergo,
And shun it so,
Then it were good to know:
But if he undergo it,
Though he know it,
What boots him know it?
He must undergo it.
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