From the net:<br>
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LXXI<br>
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A breviter cineres nostros te flere iubemus,<br>
--Dum breviter maestos dat tuba rauca sonos,<br>
Mortuus et referor Romae, foedoque repulsus<br>
--Orbe fuga foedis vermibus isse comes.<br>
Quin etiam versus nostros si legeris, oro,<br>
--Scribentis tibi ne sit bene nota manus:<br>
Tantus enim meus est amor, ut, si flere reductus<br>
--Te cogo, potius cedere mente velim.<br>
O mea luminibus si carmina videris, inquam,<br>
--Cum mihi mors forsan misceat ossa luto,<br>
Vel nomen miserum noli revocare, sed omnis<br>
--Marcescat simul ac nos moriemur amor:<br>
Ne videat rerum te Roma perita gementem,<br>
--Neu moveat pietas in mea fata iocos.<br>
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The <a href=sonnet.71.english.html>English 
original</a> is also available.<br><br>
<pre>This is from Newman's _Latin Compositions_ (Urbana, 1976), which I 
believe he published privately.  One of the most enjoyable courses I had 
ingrad school was his Latin Composition.  We had to render some weird 
stuff, lemme tell you, but it was sure fun.<br>

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