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nec me animi fallit quam sint obscura; sed acri<br />

percussit thyrso laudis spes magna meum cor<br />

et simul incussit suavem mi in pectus amorem<br />

Musarum, quo nunc instinctus mente vigenti<br />

avia Pieridum peragro loca nullius ante<br />

trita solo. iuvat integros acce<strong>de</strong>re fontis<br />

atque haurire iuvatque novos <strong>de</strong>cerpere flores<br />

insignemque meo capiti petere in<strong>de</strong> coronam,<br />

un<strong>de</strong> prius nulli velarint tempora Musae;<br />

primum quod magnis doceo <strong>de</strong> rebus et artis<br />

religionum animum nodis exsolvere pergo,<br />

<strong>de</strong>in<strong>de</strong> quod obscura <strong>de</strong> re tam lucida pango<br />

carmina musaeo contingens cuncta lepore.<br />

id quoque enim non ab nulla ratione vi<strong>de</strong>tur;<br />

sed vel uti pueris absinthia taetra me<strong>de</strong>ntes<br />

cum dare conantur, prius oras pocula circum<br />

contingunt mellis dulci flavoque liquore,<br />

ut puerorum aetas inprovida ludificetur<br />

labrorum tenus, interea perpotet amarum<br />

absinthi laticem <strong>de</strong>ceptaque non capiatur,<br />

sed potius tali facto recreata valescat,<br />

sic ego nunc, quoniam haec ratio plerumque vi<strong>de</strong>tur<br />

tristior esse quibus non est tractata, retroque<br />

volgus abhorret ab hac, volui tibi suaviloquenti<br />

carmine Pierio rationem exponere nostram<br />

et quasi musaeo dulci contingere melle,<br />

si tibi forte animum tali ratione tenere<br />

versibus in nostris possem, dum perspicis omnem<br />

<strong>natura</strong>m <strong>rerum</strong>, qua constet compta figura.<br />

Sed quoniam docui solidissima materiai<br />

corpora perpetuo volitare invicta per aevom,<br />

nunc age, summai quaedam sit finis eorum<br />

nec sit, evolvamus; item quod inane repertumst<br />

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