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... aura genæ . Vos igitur , nymphæ , varios miscete colores , Nectite virgineis florea serta comis ; Noster enim veneres superabit flosculus omnes ; Proxima tu cordi , tu , Rosa cara , meo . Heu , brevis est æstas ; venient et tempora ...
... aura genæ . Vos igitur , nymphæ , varios miscete colores , Nectite virgineis florea serta comis ; Noster enim veneres superabit flosculus omnes ; Proxima tu cordi , tu , Rosa cara , meo . Heu , brevis est æstas ; venient et tempora ...
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... peragens , vento invehitur ; ruit ordine longo Agmen , et ingenti sub verbere fluctuat aura . At frondes intersaliens gens parva volucrum Carmine solatur sylvas , et mille colores Ceased warbling , but all night tuned her soft lays 25.
... peragens , vento invehitur ; ruit ordine longo Agmen , et ingenti sub verbere fluctuat aura . At frondes intersaliens gens parva volucrum Carmine solatur sylvas , et mille colores Ceased warbling , but all night tuned her soft lays 25.
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... aura tetro polluit halitu , Non bruma devastavit agros , Aut nebulâ malus urget æther : Non flos in horto , non rosa virginis Pallescit ori ; spirat adhuc amor , Rident et æstates serenæ Et placidum sine nube cœlum : Et sole puro et ...
... aura tetro polluit halitu , Non bruma devastavit agros , Aut nebulâ malus urget æther : Non flos in horto , non rosa virginis Pallescit ori ; spirat adhuc amor , Rident et æstates serenæ Et placidum sine nube cœlum : Et sole puro et ...
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... aura Vix tremit in foliis , altæque silentia sylvæ Personat in convalle canens pastoris arundo . Suave ( puto ) canere est ; suave est audire canentes ; Suave etiam vocem caræ cum voce puellæ Jungere cantando . Sed non sumus omnia docti ...
... aura Vix tremit in foliis , altæque silentia sylvæ Personat in convalle canens pastoris arundo . Suave ( puto ) canere est ; suave est audire canentes ; Suave etiam vocem caræ cum voce puellæ Jungere cantando . Sed non sumus omnia docti ...
Page 136
... Cuncta novos illi reddunt elementa sapores ; Dat mare , dat tellus , dat levis aura cibum . Præsidium non sylva feris , non piscibus altum ; Dejicit aerias plumbeus imber aves . En , quis equum nobis docuit parere ferocem ? Tu 136.
... Cuncta novos illi reddunt elementa sapores ; Dat mare , dat tellus , dat levis aura cibum . Præsidium non sylva feris , non piscibus altum ; Dejicit aerias plumbeus imber aves . En , quis equum nobis docuit parere ferocem ? Tu 136.
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