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Ad Maerentem

Ne lacrima pro morte mea; sed pro tibi vita
    gaude: sat nam habeo, scire hilarem fore te.
Non lacrimarum me mareve oceanusve tuarum
    restituet vastus: verte oculos alio.
Nobis fert finem vitae aeterna omnibus Aetas:
    vive prius felix, quam tibi fertque tuam.

Do not weep for my death; but yet rejoice
In thine own life: for I shall be content
To know that thou wilt live on joyfully.
No sea, nor boundless ocean of thy tears
Will bring me back: direct thy gaze elsewhere.
Eternal Time must bring to each of us
    An end to life: thus live on happily
    Before he brings an end to life to thee.



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