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Epigram XXXV. — On a Hare caught by a Sea-Dog
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Once on the strand of Sicily a sea-dog snapped up a hare speeding before the hounds. Then said the hare: "Against me both sea and land direct their ravages, perchance heaven also; since there is a Dog among the stars."
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XXXV. — On a Hare caught by a Sea-Dog.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/238/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XXXV. — On a Hare caught by a Sea-Dog.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/238/.
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