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1   T-I|     punishment lightened by a gentler Caesar.~For myself, I wish
2   T-I| savage warfare,~I was used to gentler pursuits.~A god crushed
3  ExII|        I might be buried in a gentler land,~and my bones not be
4   ExI|     the Getae,~and to grant a gentler land for my wretched exile.~
5   ExI|     or given more time to the gentler arts.~Your poetry’s a witness,
6 ExIII|      anger will relent,~and a gentler hour will come, at your
7  ExIV|     fate have the power to be gentler,~than your heart be harsh
8  IBIS|       Or like Cassandreus, no gentler than his master,~be wounded