Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of Latin ans ...

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori: The Roman poet Horace’s Latin line tells the reader that it is sweet and noble to die for one’s country. Nowadays, however, there could be a less onerous ...

It comes from a line written by the Roman poet Horace, “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” which means ‘it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country’. Owen - who fought and died ...