Ave Atque Vale, by Catullus
From
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and FableHail and farewell! The words of Catullus at his brother's tomb.
Multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus
Advenio has miseras, frater, ad inferias,
Ut te postremo donarem munere mortis
Et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem.
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