"Ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum; Ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago."
— Aeneid

January 1, 1970

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Epic poetryWorks by Virgil
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Lines 792–793 (tr. Fagles); Aeneas attempting to embrace the ghost of his wife, Creusa.