...internal corridor at the heart of the mausoleum the words of his famous valediction have been carved. Animula vagula blandula Hospes comesque corporis Quae...nunc abibis in loca Pallidula, rigida, nudula, Nee, et ut soles, dabis iocos. Little wandering soul, Guest and companion of my body, Where are you going...

...luce goder si possa. E però Adriano Imperatore, già vicino alla morte, disse per motto questi versi: Animula vagula, blandula Hospes, comesque corporis, Quae nunc abibis in loca Pallidula, rigida, nudula.62 Perciocché non pare, ch'ivi abbia a essere lume, dove egli non si dee poter godere. Di questo...

...also P.Alexander, "Letters and Speeches of the Emperor Hadrian," HSCP 49 (1938): 141-77, esp. 170. 79. "Animula vagula blandula / hospes comesque corporis / quae nunc abibis in loca / pallidula ngida nudula / nec ut soles dabis tocos," SHA Hadr. 25.9, trans. Birley. See H. Bardon. Les einpereurs...

...emperor has written anything like it before or since: Animula vagula blandula hospes comesque corpora quae nunc abibis in loca pallidula rigida nudula nee ut soles dabis iocos Poor little, lost little, sweet little soul, My body's companion and friend, Where are you going...

...surviving scraps of his poetry, the most moving are the lines he is said to have composed on his deathbed: Animula vagula blandula, hospes comesque corporis,...quae nunc abibis in loca, pallidula rigida nudula, nec ut soles dabis iocos? The Fragmentary Latin Poets (ed. E. Courtney), page 382 Poor wandering sweet...

...the opening line of Hadrian's famous poem, quoted in the biography attributed to Aelius Spartianus: Animula vagula blandula hospes comesque corporis,...in loca pallidula rigida nudula? nee ut soles dabis iocos! (Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Vita Hadriani 25.9) Sweet, departing little soul, guest-friend,...