< Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900
For works with similar titles, see Epigram.
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277.

Epigram

Respice Finem

MY soul, sit thou a patient looker-on;
Judge not the play before the play is done:
Her plot hath many changes; every day
Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play.

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