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

Martial c.A.D. 40–c.A.D. 104

To the Rhine to send Trajan safe home

NYMPHARVM pater amniumque, Rhene,

quicumque Odrysias bibunt pruinas,

sic semper liquidis fruaris undis,

nec te barbara contumeliosi

calcatum rota conterat bubulci;

sic et cornibus aureis receptis

et Romanus eas utraque ripa:

Traianum populis suis et urbi,

Tibris te dominus rogat, remittas.