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EPIGRAM CCLXXXV.
[We read in Rome's historic page]
ESTO PERPETUA.
We read in Rome's historic page,
How Vesta's fire, for many an age,
Sitll unextinct endur'd;
To virgin priestesses consign'd,
Whose vigilant care, time out of mind,
One certain rule ensur'd:
How Vesta's fire, for many an age,
Sitll unextinct endur'd;
To virgin priestesses consign'd,
Whose vigilant care, time out of mind,
One certain rule ensur'd:
While each, in each, mark'd all neglect,
No single culprit could expect
Her own default to smother;
How long soever ward we keep,
We never on our station sleep,
When set to watch each other!
No single culprit could expect
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How long soever ward we keep,
We never on our station sleep,
When set to watch each other!
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