The gods were pleased to cease the conquering side
- DMI number:
- 39590
- First Line:
- The gods were pleased to cease the conquering side
- Last Line:
- But Cato thought he conquered when he died
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Fate / fortune / providence
- Translated from:
- Lucan
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- Wentworth Dillon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Chalmers (1810) VIII: 271.
- First Line:
- The gods were pleased to choose the conquering side
- Last Line:
- But Cato thought he conquered when he died
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems by the Earls of Roscommon and Dorset; The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckingham, &c. [vol. II] [BL]
- Page No(s):
- p.131
- Poem Title:
- Translations of the following Verses from Lucan. Victrix Causa Diis placuit, sed Victa Caton.
- Attribution:
- Roscomon.
- Attributed To:
- Wentworth Dillon
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