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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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MINOR LATIN POETSnon vulgare mihi ;quarum de sanguine ponam 50velocem Petason, qui gramina matre relictanunc primum teneris libavit dentibus : illiterga sedent, micat acre caput, sine pondere cervix,pes levis, adductum latus, excelsissima frons est,et tornata brevi substringitur ungula cornu, 55ungula, qua viridi sic exsultavit in arvo,tangeret ut fragiles, sed non curvaret, aristas :hunc dare, si vincar, silvestria numina iuro.M. et vacat et vestros cantus audire iuvabit.iudice me sane contendite, si libet : istic 60protinus ecce torum fecere sub ilice Musae.A. sed, ne vicini nobis sonus obstrepat anmis,gramina linquamus ripamque volubilis undae.namque sub exeso raucum mihi pumice lymphaerespondent et obest arguti glarea rivi, 65L. si placet, antra magis vicinaque saxa petamus,saxa, quibus viridis stillanti vellere muscusdependet scopulisque cavum sinuantibus arcumimminet exesa veluti testudine concha.M. venimus et tacito sonitum mutavimus antro : 70seu residere libet, dabit ecce sedilia tophus,ponere seu cubitum, melior viret herba tapetis.nunc mihi seposita reddantur carmina litenam vicibus teneros malim cantetis amoresAstyle, tu Petalen, Lycida, tu Phyllida lauda. 755

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