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Heathcote William Garrod, comp. (1878–1960). The Oxford Book of Latin Verse. 1912.

Gnaeus Naevius c.264–195 B.C.

His Own Epitaph

IMMORTALES motales si foret fas flere,

flerent diuae Camenae Naeuium poetam.

itaque, postquam est Orchi traditus thesauro,

obliti sunt Romai loquier lingua Latina.