History & Politics
Caesares: Quatrains XI. — Titus
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIV. — Ausonius on the Twelve Caesars
Happy in thy sway, happy in the shortness of thy reign, guiltless of thy country's blood, the world's darling, thou! Dying, thou saidst one only fault was thine; but we believe none speaking thus of thee — not even thee thyself.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains XI. — Titus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/169/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Caesares: Quatrains XI. — Titus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/169/.
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