Eusebius Riddle 6: De terra
ALEXANDRAREIDER
Date: Mon 27 Dec 2021Original text:
Quos alo—nascentes, crescentes—scindor ab illis,
Pascunturque bonis, etsi me calce subigunt;
Unde seducam nunc multos et supprimo natos,
Nam perdent quod amant, et nulli morte carebunt.
Translation:
I am torn apart by those whom—as they are born and grow—I feed,
And they are nourished on good things, even though they subjugate me under foot;
And so I now restrain many of my children and press them down,
For they will lose what they love, and none will escape death.
On the earth
Tags: riddles latin Eusebius