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Tot species, tantosque ortus variosque novatus
una dies aperit, conficit ipsa dies.
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So many lovely things, so rare, so young, A day begat them, and a day will end.
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"De Rosis Nascentibus", line 39; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics ( 1943) p. 29.
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This poem used to be misattributed to Virgil, but is now usually ascribed to Ausonius.

 
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