These greetings – for your fields you’ve earned ovations,
And those who till them too; your fortifications
Match Rome’s. You flow beneath the scrutiny
Of vine-filled ridges. Ah, what verdancy!
From the poem The Mosel
by roman poet Ausonius
25 September 2026
Bridge over the Moselle River between Longuich and Schweich, Rhineland - Palatinate (Germany)
These greetings – for your fields you’ve earned ovations,
And those who till them too; your fortifications
Match Rome’s. You flow beneath the scrutiny
Of vine-filled ridges. Ah, what verdancy!
