# Quote — Virgil, The Aeneid

> Supreme ruler of gods, pity, I beg,
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> The Arcadian king, and hear a father's prayer:
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> If by thy will my son survives, and fate
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> Spares him, and if I live to see him still,
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> To meet him yet again, I pray for life;
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> There is no trouble I cannot endure.
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> But, Fortune, if you threaten some black day,
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> Now, now let me break off my bitter life
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> While all's in doubt, while hope of what's to come
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> Remains uncertain, while I hold you here,
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> Dear boy, my late delight, my only one—
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> And may no graver message ever come
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> To wound my ears.

- Author: [Virgil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil.md)
- Book: [The Aeneid](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid.md)
- Original (la): At vos, o superi, et divum tu maxime rector / Juppiter, Arcadii, quaeso, miserescite regis / Et patrias audite preces: si numina vestra / Incolumem Pallanta mihi, si fata reseruant, / Si visurus eum vivo et venturus in unum: / Vitam oro, patiar quemvis durare laborem. / Sin aliquem infandum casum, Fortuna, minaris, / Nunc, nunc o liceat crudelem abrumpere vitam, / Dum curae ambiguae, dum spes incerta futuri, / Dum te, care puer, mea sola et sera voluptas, / Complexu teneo, gravior neu nuntius auris / Vulneret.
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid/supreme-ruler-of-gods

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