by Marcus Manilius (flourished 1st century CE)
Vita
Language: Latin
Our translations: ENG
"Nascentes morimur finisque, finisque, ab origine pendet"
Text Authorship:
- by Marcus Manilius (flourished 1st century CE), appears in Astronomicon, book 4, line 16 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Vita", 1921 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Life", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 7