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frustra pius: cf. 2. 14. 2. n.; Ovid's vive pius moriere pius; Verg. Aen. 2. 428, dis aliter visum; 11. 157. See Lang's comment: 'Ah, not frustra pius was Vergil, as you say, Horace, in your melancholy song. In him, we fancy, there was a happier mood than your melancholy patience.'—non ita creditum: not thus (i.e. to this sad end) commended (in thy prayers) to their keeping. Cf. 1. 3. 5; 1. 36. 3, custodes Numidae deos. It has been taken, 'not lent to thee on such terms' that thou couldst rightfully demand him when withdrawn. That is rather a Christian thought. Yet cf. Cic. Tusc. 1. 93; Sen. Dial. 11. 10. 4.


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