Living
In filium Manlii insepultum.
Living
IN terrâ condivetuit Pater improbus, at Te
In tumulo patitur nobiliore tegi.
Pars canis est tumuli, tumuli pars altera Tigris,
Altera pars Lupus est, & Leo for san erit.
Marmoreos Regum tumulos contemne, sepulchra
Sunt aliis tantum mortua, viva tibi.
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MLA
Randolph, Thomas. “In filium Manlii insepultum.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/randolph/36/.
Chicago
Randolph, Thomas. “In filium Manlii insepultum.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/randolph/36/.
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