Non Spes, Sed Poena
Cum spes frustratur, non spes, sed poena vocatur;
Spes reficit dominum, fallit et ipsa suum.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are two words in this poem that are not on the DCC list:
frustrō, frustrāre: disappoint, frustrate, fail
reficiō, reficere: repair, restore, rebuild
cum: with (prep. + abl.); when, since, although (conjunction + subj.)
dominus -ī m.; domina -ae f.: household master, lord; mistress
et: and
fallō fallere fefellī falsum: deceive
ipse ipsa ipsum: him- her- itself
nōn: not
poena -ae f.: penalty, punishment
sed: but
spēs speī f.: hope
suus -a -um: his own, her own, its own
vocō -āre: call
