Thee in tears the star of morn beheld, thee in tears the same star, anon at even, saw.
• Zmyrna, quoted by Servius, ad Vergili Georgica, I, 288 (Eclogue 9, 35); J. C. Collins, Illustrations of Tennyson (1891), p. 27; J. C. Carr (Cornhill Magazine, vol. 41. p. 47) compares Alfred Tennyson, "Mariana", 13Her tears fell with the dews at even,
Her tears fell ere the dews were dried.
• Zmyrna, quoted by Servius, ad Vergili Georgica, I, 288 (Eclogue 9, 35); J. C. Collins, Illustrations of Tennyson (1891), p. 27; J. C. Carr (Cornhill Magazine, vol. 41. p. 47) compares Alfred Tennyson, "Mariana", 13Her tears fell with the dews at even,
Her tears fell ere the dews were dried.
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Te matutinus flentem conspexit Eous,
et flentem paulo vidit post Hesperus idem.
— Helvius Cinna
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Te matutinus flentem conspexit Eous,
et flentem paulo vidit post Hesperus idem." in the context of "Thee in tears the star of morn beheld, thee in tears the same star, anon at even, saw.
• Zmyrna, quoted by Servius, ad Vergili Georgica, I, 288 (Eclogue 9, 35); J. C. Collins, Illustrations of Tennyson (1891), p. 27; J. C. Carr (Cornhill Magazine, vol. 41. p. 47) compares Alfred Tennyson, "Mariana", 13Her tears fell with the dews at even,
Her tears fell ere the dews were dried." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Helvius Cinna" (Quotes)
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About Helvius Cinna
Gaius Helvius Cinna (died 20 March 44 BC) was an influential neoteric poet of the late Roman Republic, a little older than the generation of Catullus and Calvus. He was lynched at the funeral of Julius Caesar after being mistaken for an unrelated Cornelius Cinna who had spoken out in support of the dictator's assassins.
About Helvius Cinna
Gaius Helvius Cinna (died 20 March 44 BC) was an influential neoteric poet of the late Roman Republic, a little older than the generation of Catullus and Calvus. He was lynched at the funeral of Julius Caesar after being mistaken for an unrelated Cornelius Cinna who had spoken out in support of the dictator's assassins.
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