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EPIGRAM X.
[In Rome of old her Titus bore]
STAT SUA CUIQUE DIES.
In Rome of old her Titus bore
The noblest, gentlest mind;
Lord of the world; and what was more,
The friend of human-kind;
The noblest, gentlest mind;
Lord of the world; and what was more,
The friend of human-kind;
Supreme in virtue, as in rank,
'Twas his exalted plan,
To reckon every day a blank,
That had not blest it's man.
'Twas his exalted plan,
To reckon every day a blank,
That had not blest it's man.
How great! how Godlike! to survey
The suppliants round a throne;
And giving each an happy day,
Make glorious all his own.
The suppliants round a throne;
And giving each an happy day,
Make glorious all his own.
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