Classic Poem

Go to now Friscus, tell me if thou canst,
Where thou wast borne? and of what parentage?
I see thou art aliue, and life thou wantst
In time: then Time can tell thy birth and age.
Thy name (thou saiest) is,—well let-go thy name.
Because (perhaps) thou art not sure of that;
But to the world thou camst as others came,
Thou saist (good Friscus) and thou hitst it pat:
For thou camst to the world the common way
Borne of a common woman, but to play.