O maid, while youth is with the rose and thee,
Pluck thou the rose: life is as swift for thee.
• "De Rosis Nascentibus", line 49; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics ([1929] 1943) p. 29.
Pluck thou the rose: life is as swift for thee.
• "De Rosis Nascentibus", line 49; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics ([1929] 1943) p. 29.
“
Collige, virgo, rosas, dum flos novus et nova pubes,
et memor esto aevum sic properare tuum.
— Ausonius
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Collige, virgo, rosas, dum flos novus et nova pubes,
et memor esto aevum sic properare tuum." in the context of "O maid, while youth is with the rose and thee,
Pluck thou the rose: life is as swift for thee.
• "De Rosis Nascentibus", line 49; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics ([1929] 1943) p. 29." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Ausonius" (Quotes)
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