Did not shame restrain him and awe of the mother by his side.
Ni pudor et junctae teneat reverentia matris.
Original text (Latin)
Original text (Latin)
Pleasant is it to the unhappy to speak, and to recall the sorrows of old time.
It was forbidden to man to know what to-morrow's day would bring.
And bold Stesichorus and rash Sappho, who feared not Leucas but took the manly leap.
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