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poems about Rome

Given it's unique past it is not surprising that Rome has been the subject of much literature through the ages, particularly during the Romanticism of the late 18th Century which included poets such as Keats, Shelley, Byron and Goethe amongst many others.

It is probably appropriate to start with a few lines of poetry written by Emperor Hadrian in the second century AD. They tell us much of the Emperor's character and perhaps of the depth of feeling the ancient Romans were capable of.

Animula vagula blandula,

hospes comesque corporis,

quae nunc abibis in loca

pallidula rigida nudula

nex ut soles dabis iocos

which translates into something like:

Small soul, vagabond and sweet,

guest and companion of the body,

where will you go now

pallid cold and naked,

no longer will you play as is your habit

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