And to how small sure knowledge are we heir

That blindly tread, with twilight everywhere!

Volo in toto; sed non valeo!

“Long, long the road, and very frail are we

That may not lightly curb mortality,

Nor lightly tread together steadfastly,

Et parvum carmen unum facio:

“Mater, ora filium,

Ut post hoc exilium

Nobis donet gaudium