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EPIGRAM: EHEU FUGACES by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM

First Line: WHAT HORACE SAYS IS / EHEU FUGACES
Last Line: SIGHING I MURMUR, 'O MIHI PRAETERITOS!'
Subject(s): HORACE (65-8 B.C.); LANGUAGE; OLD AGE; WORDS; VOCABULARY;
WHAT Horace says is,
Eheu fugaces
Anni labuntur, Postume, Postume!
Years glide away, and are lost to me, lost to me!
Now, when the folks in the dance sport their merry toes,
Taglionis and Ellslers, Duvernays and Ceritos,
Sighing I murmur, 'O mihi praeteritos!'



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