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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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MINOR LATIN POETSsed neque olor moriens imitari posse puteturnee Cylleneae fila canora lyrae.postquam Phoebus equos in aperta effudit Olympij.^atque orbem totum protulit usque means,ilia ter alarum repetito verbere plauditigniferumque caput ter venerata silet.atque eadem celeres etiam discriminat horasinnarrabilibus nocte dieque sonis,antistes luci nemorumque verenda sacerdoset sola arcanis conscia, Phoebe, tuis.quae postquam vitae iam mille peregerit annosac sibi reddiderint tempora longa gravem,ut reparet lapsum spatiis vergentibus aevum,adsuetum nemoris dulce cubile fugitcumque renascendi studio loca sancta reliquit,tunc petit hunc orbem, Mors ubi regna tenet,derigit in Syriam celeres longaeva volatus,Phoenicen nomen cui dedit ipsa vetus,securosque petit deserta per avia lucos,hie ubi per saltus silva remota latet.tum legit aerio sublimem vertice palmam,quae Graium Phoenix ex ave nomen habet,in quam nulla nocens animans prorepere possit,lubricus aut serpens aut avis ulla rapax.*' sed : et Baehrens.*" ac si A : ac se BCDE : et sic Barth : ac sibi Hoevfft.®^ dirigit : derigit Baehrens.^® vetus DE : vaetus A : vetustas BC : Venus Heinsius,** sic ubi post DE : hie ubi per edd. vet.'°Graium A : gratum ceferi.^^ prorepere A : proripere B : prorumpere ceteri."^From Cirrha near Parnassus.^ An allusion to Mercury's early association <strong>with</strong> MountCyUene in Arcadia.654

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