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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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MINOR LATIN POETSter vittis, ter fronde sacra, ter ture vaporo,incendens vivo crepitantes sulphure lauros, (lustravit cineresque aversa efFudit in amnem, (cuni sic in Meroen totis miser ignibus urar ?cantet, amat quod quisque : levant et carminacuras.haec eadem nobis quoque versicoloria filaet niille ignotas Mycale circumtulit herbascantavit, quo luna tumet, quo rumpitur anguis,quo currunt scopuli, migrant sata, vellitur arbos.plus tamen ecce mens, plus est formosus loUas.cantet, amat quod quisque : levant et carminacuras.Ven<strong>and</strong>i cano mille vias ;CYNEGETICAhilaresque laboresdiscursusque citos, securi proelia ruris,p<strong>and</strong>imus. Aonio iam nunc mihi pectus ab oestroaestuat : ingentes Helicon iubet ire per agros,Castaliusque mihi nova pocula fontis alumnoingerit et late campos metatus apertosimponitque iugum vati retinetque corymbisimplicitum ducitque per avia, qua sola numquam^* versus qui sunt in codicibus 64 et 65 transposuit Hauptius.^* quoque XGA : quae V.Cyn.^ alumnus Ulitius, Baehrens." The notion, imitating Virgil. Eel. VIII. 82 (fragilesincende bitumine lauros), is that the laurels are kindled <strong>with</strong>divine fire, bitumen being reckoned a product of lightning.484

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