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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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MINOR LATIN POETSillis ampla satis levi sunt aequora dorsoimniodicumque latus parvaeque ingentibus alvi,ardua frons auresque agiles capitisque decorialtus honos oculique vago splendore micantes ;plurima se validos cervix resupinat in armos ;funiant imientes calida de nare vapores,nee pes officium st<strong>and</strong>i tenet, ungula terramcrebra ferit vi^ftusque artus animosa fatigat.quin etiam gens ampla iacet trans ardua Calpesculmina, cornipedum late fecunda proborum.namque valent longos pratis intendere cursus,nee minor est illis Graio quam in corpore formanee non terribiles spirabile flumen anheliprovolvunt flatus et lumina vivida torquenthinnitusque cient tremuli frenisque repugnant,nee segnes mulcent aures, nee crure quiescunt.sit tibi praeterea sonipes, Maurusia tellusquem mittit (modo sit gentili sanguine firmus)quemque coloratus Mazax deserta per arvapavit et adsiduos docuit tolerare labores.nee pigeat, quod turpe caput, deformis et alvusest ollis quodque infrenes, quod liber uterque,quodque iubis pronos cervix deverberet armos.nam flecti facilis lascivaque colla secutusparet in obsequium lentae moderamine virgaeverbera sunt praecepta fugae, sunt verbera freni.2*5 decori Baehrens : decoris A : capitique decoro C." One of the fabled Pillars of Hercules, in Hispania Baetica,now the Rock of Gibraltar. Nemesianus, wTiting from thest<strong>and</strong>point of an African, thinks of all Spain {gens ampla) asbeyond Calpe.506

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