Nec, quae praeteriit, iterum revocabitur unda:
Nec, quae praeteriit, hora redire potest.
Ovidius Naso, Ars Amatoria, Lib. iii
The moon rises, the sun falls
The twilight darkens, the librarian calls
From the reading room quiet and warm
The poet hastens towards his dorm
Walking through these Gothic halls
Darkness devours the dusk of day
Lamps on the road are dim and gray
And his heart, drowsy, tired and dull
Wandering like an aimless gull
Has nothing but silence to say
The morning breaks, the alarm calls
And the dreamful silence stalls
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the days with her before
And the moon rises and the sun falls
Nec…potest (Latin): Neither will the wave
which has passed be called back;
nor can the hour which has gone by return.
