As wave is driven by wave And each, pursued, pursues the wa… - Ovid

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As wave is driven by wave
And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead,
So time flies on and follows, flies, and follows,
Always, for ever and new. What was before
Is left behind; what never was is now;
And every passing moment is renewed.

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Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – 17 AD) was a Roman poet, commonly known to the English-speaking world as Ovid. Along with Virgil and Horace, Ovid is one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, generally considered the greatest master of the elegiac couplet.

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Native Name: Publius Ovidius Naso

Alternative Names: P. Ovidius Naso

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Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas.

Est deus in nobis; agitante calescimus illo:
impetus hic sacrae semina mentis habet.

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