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Death may overwhelm them, but not fear; unconquerable they stand their ground, and their courage well-nigh outlives their lives.

— Sidonius Apollinaris

Mors obruit illos,
non timor; invicti perstant animoque supersunt
jam prope post animam.

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Why – even supposing I had the skill – do you bid me compose a song dedicated to Venus the lover of Fescennine mirth, placed as I am among long-haired hordes, having to endure German speech, praising oft with wry face the song of the gluttonous Burgundian who spreads rancid butter on his hair?

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