Aeneid 9.210–212

Nisus to Euryalus before their night raid

Sed siquis, quae multa vides discrimine tali,

siquis in adversum rapiat casusve deusve,

te superesse velim; tua vita dignior aetas.

But if—and many things can happen in danger like this—

if some chance or god should sweep me into disaster,

I want you to survive; your youth has the better claim to life.

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