The sailor talks of breezes: the ploughman, of oxen: the soldier counts wounds, the… — Sextus Propertius
The sailor talks of breezes: the ploughman, of oxen: the soldier counts wounds, the shepherd counts sheep.
In the original Latin
navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator, enumerat miles vulnera, pastor ovis;
Elegies (Sextus Propertius) · 24 BC
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Sextus Propertius. Elegies, edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Harvard University Press, 1990, bk. 2.
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Sextus Propertius. Elegies. c. 24 BC, bk. 2.