So many lovely things, so rare, so young,
A day begat them, and a day will end.

Tot species, tantosque ortus variosque novatus
una dies aperit, conficit ipsa dies.

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This poem used to be misattributed to Virgil, but is now usually ascribed to Ausonius.

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