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Correggio c. 1526-1530

Sunset in the Auvergne, Theodore Rousseau

Medium: oil,panel

Blind Man Sitting in Interior, Vincent van Gogh

Abraham Pierson (1609-1678), “On the Death of Theophilus Eaton” = Kaiser (ed.), Early American Latin Verse 14 What did he lack that beseemed a magistrate? In natural ability, retentive mind, Sweetness of tongue, discernment of the soul, And wisdom, who surpassed him?  And amidst Such great gifts, how rare a modesty! It was our sins that snatched this man from us; Who knows whether these omens might portend Some dreadful ruination still to come? Quid magistratum decuit quod defuit illi? Ingenio, mente et memori, linguaque suavi, iudicioque animae, sophia quis praestitit illi? Extitit in tantis quam rara modestia donis! Hunc nostrae nobis noxae eripuere; futurae quis scit an haec praeeant dirae praesagia cladi?