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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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MINOR LATIN POETSO. et iani captatae pariter successinius umbrae,sed quaenam sacra descripta est pagina fago,quam modo nescio quis properanti falce notavit ?aspicis ut virides etiam nunc littera rimasservet et arenti nondum se laxet hiatu ?C. Ornyte, fer propius tua lumina : tu potes altocortice descriptos citius percurrere versusnam tibi longa satis pater internodia largusprocerumque dedit mater non invida corpus.O. non pastor, non haec trivial! more viator,sed deus ipse canit : nihil armentale resultat,nee montana sacros distinguunt iubila versus.C. mira refers ; sed rumpe moras oculoque sequaciquamprimum nobis divinum perlege carmen.O. " qui iuga, qui silvas tueor, satus aethere Faunus,haec populis ventura cano : iuvat arbore sacralaeta patefactis incidere carmina fatis.vos o praecipue nemorum gaudete coloni,vos populi gaudete mei : licet omne vagetursecuro custode pecus nocturnaque pastorclaudere fraxinea nolit praesepia cratenon tamen insidias praedator ovilibus ullasaiferet aut laxis abiget iumenta capistris.aurea secura cum pace renascitur aetaset redit ad terras t<strong>and</strong>em squalore situquealma Themis posito iuvenemque beata sequuntur25 codice GA.^^ fatis Ulitius : fagis codd." Themis, the Greek goddess of justice, was driven fromearth by man's deterioration after the fabled Golden Age.Poets also called her " Astraea." Squalore situque conveysan image of the Goddess in her broken-hearted banishment,squalore suggesting mourning (as in Cicero often)

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