Living
Epigram XL. — To His Wife
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Dear wife, as we have lived, so let us live and keep the names we took when first we wedded: let no day ever make us change in lapse of time; but I will be thy "Lad" still and thou wilt be my "Lass." Though I should outlive Nestor, and thou too shouldst outstrip Deiphobe of Cumae in rivalry of years, let us refuse to know the meaning of ripe age. Better to know Time's worth than count his years.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XL. — To His Wife.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/243/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XL. — To His Wife.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/243/.
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