“So many lovely things, so rare, so young,
A day begat them, and a day will end.”

—  Ausonius

Tot species, tantosque ortus variosque novatus
una dies aperit, conficit ipsa dies.
"De Rosis Nascentibus", line 39; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics ([1929] 1943) p. 29.
This poem used to be misattributed to Virgil, but is now usually ascribed to Ausonius.

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Tot species, tantosque ortus variosque novatus<br/>una dies aperit, conficit ipsa dies.

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