Here is today's Rhyming Distich, and here are some more posts with Rhyming Distichs. This one is from Zacher's Altfranzösische Sprichwörter.
Non capit optatum munus, qui non dat amatum;
Ni quod amas dederis, optata non potieris.
The vocabulary is keyed to the DCC Latin Vocabulary list. There are two words which are not on the DCC list:
opto -āre - wish for, desire, choose
potior, -īrī, potītum - get possession of, become master of
amo -āre: to love
capio capere cēpī captum: seize
do dare dedī datum: give
mūnus mūneris n.: gift, offering
nisi/nī: if not, unless
nōn: not
qui, quae, quod: who, which, what; quis quid: who? what? which?
