by Caelius Firmianus Symphosius (flourished 4th - 5th century CE)
Mira tibi referam nostrae primordia...
Language: Latin
Mira tibi referam nostrae primordia vitae: Nondum natus eram, nec eram iam matris in alvo; Iam posito partu natum me nemo videbat.
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- by Caelius Firmianus Symphosius (flourished 4th - 5th century CE), appears in Aenigmata, no. 14 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Richard Wilbur (b. 1921) , copyright © ; composed by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe.
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