The Oxford Book of Latin Verse Part 57
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REPOSIANVS
circa 290 A.D.
_312. The Bridal Bower of Mars and Venus_
ORNAT terra nemus: nunc lotos mitis inumbrat, nunc laurus, nunc myrtus. habent sua munera rami; namque hic per frondis redolentia mala relucent.
uilia non illo surgebant gramina luco: pingunt purpureos candentia lilia flores; hic rosa c.u.m uiolis, hic omnis gratia odorum, hic inter uiolas coma mollis laeta hyacinthi: dignus amore locus, cui tot sint munera rerum.
non tamen in lucis aurum, non purpura fulget: flos lectus, flos uincla tori, substramina flores: deliciis Veneris diues natura laborat.
texerat hic liquidos fontis non uilis arundo, sed qua saeua puer conponat tela Cupido.
hunc solum Paphie puto luc.u.m fecit amori: hic Martem exspectare solet. quid Gratia cessat, quid Charites? cur, saeue puer, non lilia nectis?
tu lectum consterne rosis, tu serta parato et roseis crinem nodis subnecte decenter!
PENTADIVS
circa 290 A.D.
_313. Narcissus_
HIC est ille, suis nimium qui credidit umbris, Narcissus uero dignus amore puer.
cernis ab inriguo repetentem gramine ripas, ut per quas periit crescere possit aquas.
_314. Woman_
CREDE ratem uentis, animum ne crede puellis; namque est feminea tutior unda fide.
femina nulla bona est, uel, si bona contigit una, nescio quo fato est res mala facta bona.
ANONYMOUS
circa 290 A.D.
_315. Epitaph on the Actor Vitalis_
QVID tibi, mors, faciam, quae nulli parcere nosti, nescia laet.i.tiam, nescia amare iocos.
his ego praeualui toto notissimus...o...b.., hinc mihi larga domus, hinc mihi census erat.
gaudebam semper; quid enim, si gaudia desint, hic uagus ac fallax utile mundus habet?
me uiso rabidi subito cecidere furores; ridebat summus me ueniente dolor.
non licuit quemquam curis mordacibus uri nec rerum incerta mobilitate trahi.
uincebat cunctos praesentia nostra timores et mec.u.m felix quaelibet hora fuit.
motibus ac dictis (tragici quoque larua placebat) exhilarans uariis tristia corda modis fingebam uultus, habitus ac uerba loquentum, ut plures uno credibile ore loqui.
ipse etiam, quem nostra oculis geminabat imago, horruit in uultu se magis esse meo.
o quotiens imitata meo se femina gestu uidit et erubuit totaque muta fuit!
ergo quot in nostro uiuebant corpore formae tot mec.u.m raptas abstulit atra dies.
quo uos iam tristi turbatus deprecor ore, qui t.i.tulum legitis c.u.m pietate meum: 'o quam laetus eras, Vitalis' dicite maesti, 'sint tibi di tali, sint tibi fata, modo.'
TIBERIANVS
fl. A.D. 335.
_316. A Woodland Scene_
AMNIS ibat inter arua ualle fusus frigida, luce ridens calculorum, flore pictus herbido.
caerulas superne laurus et uirecta myrtea leniter motabat aura blandiente sibilo.
subter autem molle gramen flore adulto creuerat: et croco solum rubebat et lucebat liliis et nemus fragrabat omne uiolarum suspiritu.
inter ista dona ueris gemmeasque gratias omnium regina odorum uel colorum Lucifer auriflora praeminebat, flamma Diones, rosa.
roscidum nemus rigebat inter uda gramina: fonte crebro murmurabant hinc et inde riuuli, antra muscus et uirentes intus myrtus uinxerant, qua fluenta labibunda guttis ibant lucidis.
has per umbras omnis ales plus canora quam putes cantibus uernis strepebat et susurris dulcibus; hic loquentis murmur amnis concinebat frondibus, quis melos uocalis aurae musa zephyri mouerat.
sic euntem per uirecta pulcra odora et musica ales amnis aura lucus flos et umbra iuuerat.
_317. Gold_
AVRVM, quod nigri manes, quod turbida mersant flumina, quod duris extorsit poena metallis!
aurum, quo pretio reserantur limina Ditis, quo Stygii regina poli Proserpina gaudet!
aurum, quod penetrat thalamos rumpitque pudorem, qua tectus saepe inlecebra micat impius ensis!
in gremium Danaes non auro fluxit adulter ment.i.tus pretio faciem fuluoque ueneno?
non Polydorum hospes saeuo necat incitus auro?
altrix infelix, sub quo custode pericli commendas natum, cui regia pignora credis?
fit tutor pueri, fit custos sanguinis aurum!
inmitis nidos coluber custodiet ante et uitulos fetae poterunt seruare leaenae.
sic etiam ut Troiam popularet Dorica p.u.b.es aurum causa fuit: pretium dignissima merces.
infami probro palmam conuendit adulter.
denique cernamus, quos aurum uenit in usus.
auro emitur facinus, pudor almus uenditur auro, tum patria atque parens, leges pietasque fidesque: omne nefas auro tegitur, fas proditur auro.
porro hoc Pactolus, porro fluat et niger Hermus!
aurum, res gladii, furor amens, ardor auarus, te celent semper uada turbida, te uada nigra, te tellus mersum premat infera, te sibi nasci Tartareus cupiat Phlegethon Stygiaeque paludes!
inter liuentis pereat tibi fulgor arenas, nec post ad superos redeat famis aurea puros!
_318. 'Too Adventurous Wings'_
ALES, dum madidis grauata pennis udos tardius explicat uolatus, defecta in medio repente nisu capta est pondere depremente plumae: ca.s.sato solito uigore pennae, quae uitam dederant, dedere letum; ac, quis ardua nunc tenebat alis, isdem protinus incidit ruinae.
quid sublimia circuisse prodest?
qui celsi steterant, iacent sub imis!
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