How fortunate, both at once! If my songs have any power, the day will never dawn that wipes you from the memory of the ages, not while the house of A… - Virgil

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How fortunate, both at once!
If my songs have any power, the day will never dawn
that wipes you from the memory of the ages, not while
the house of Aeneas stands by the Capitol's rock unshaken,
not while the Roman Father rules the world.

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Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), known in English as Virgil or Vergil, was a Roman poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that became the Roman Empire's national epic.

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Native Name: Publius Vergilius Maro
Alternative Names: Vergil Mantuan Swan Swan of Mantua
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