heu, quantum gemui, quod spiritus ante haec tibi quam noscenda darem discessit in auras! his alacer colla amplexu materna petebat; umbraque ter frustra per inane petita fefellit.
What grief was mine, that my spirit departed before I could tell you these things! Hearing this, Scipio strove eagerly to embrace his mother; but thrice the unsubstantial ghost eluded his grasp.
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