"Vixi, et, quem dederat cursum Fortuna, peregi; Et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit Imago."
— Aeneid

January 1, 1970

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Epic poetryWorks by Virgil
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Lines 653–654 (tr. Allen Mandelbaum) — H. R. Fairclough's translation: "My life is done and I have finished the course that Fortune gave; and now in majesty my shade shall pass beneath the earth."