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Epitaphium. [Latin Version Of The Epitaph In Gray's Elegy.]

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1.     Hic sinu fessum caput hospitali     Cespitis dormit juvenis, nec illi     Fata ridebant, popularis ille     Nescius aurae.     2.     Musa non vultu genus arroganti     Rustica natum grege despicata,     Et suum tristis puerum notavit     Sollicitudo.     3.     Indoles illi bene larga, pectus     Veritas sedem sibi vindicavit,     Et pari tantis meritis beavit     Munere coelum.     4.     Omne quad moestis habuit miserto     Corde largivit lacrimam, recepit     Omne quod coelo voluit, fidelis     Pectus amici.     5.     Longius sed tu fuge curiosus     Caeteras laudes fuge suspicari,     Caeteras culpas fuge velle tractas     Sede tremenda.     6.     Spe tremescentes recubant in illa     Sede virtutes pariterque culpae,     In sui Patris gremio, tremenda     Sede Deique.

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