victoris Brenni non distulit Allia poenam; Samnis servitio foedera saeva luit; post multas Pyrrhum clades superata fugasti; flevit successus Hannibal ipse suos: quae mergi nequeunt nisu maiore resurgunt exsiliuntque imis altius acta vadis; utque novas vires fax inclinata resumit, clarior ex humili sorte superna petis.
The Allia did not hinder Brennus penalty; the Samnite paid for a cruel treaty by slavery; after many disasters, though defeated, thou didst put Pyrrhus to flight; Hannibal himself was the mourner of his own successes. b Things which cannot be sunk rise again with greater energy, sped higher in their rebound from lowest depths; and, as the torch held downward regains fresh strength, so from lowly fortune thou dost soar more radiant aloft.
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