Soldali meo M. I. Jackson<br>harum litterarum contempori by A. E. Housman

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September 2010

Soldali meo M. I. Jackson
harum litterarum contempori

Burke

was right!

Signa pruinosae variantia luce cavernas
   noctis et extincto lumina nata die
solo rure vagi lateque tacentibus arvis
      surgere nos una vidimus oceano.
Vidimus: illa prius, cum luce carebat uterque,
      viderat in latium prona poeta mare,
seque memor terra mortalem matre creatum
      intulit aeternis carmina sideribus,
clara nimis post se genitis exempla daturus
      ne qui forte deis fidere vellet homo.
Nam supero sacrata polo complexaque mundum
      sunt tamen indignam carmina passa luem,
et licet ad nostras enarint naufraga terras
      scriptoris nomen vix tenuere sui.
Non ego mortalem vexantia sidera sortem
      aeternosve tuli sollicit ...

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