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... TUNC VARIE VENERE ARTES , ETC. TRAHIT SUA QUEMQUE VOLUPTAS PUERILIA LUSIMUS OMNES 76 78 82 84 86 90 92 94 96 98 104 • 112 , 114 116 120 124 131 · 135 141 145 • AD PICTOREM · • 149 AN EPITAPH MOVEAT CORNICULA RISUM 151 • 153 · B Exter ...
... TUNC VARIE VENERE ARTES , ETC. TRAHIT SUA QUEMQUE VOLUPTAS PUERILIA LUSIMUS OMNES 76 78 82 84 86 90 92 94 96 98 104 • 112 , 114 116 120 124 131 · 135 141 145 • AD PICTOREM · • 149 AN EPITAPH MOVEAT CORNICULA RISUM 151 • 153 · B Exter ...
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... firm ; the crested cock , whose clarion sounds The silent hours , and the other whose gay train Adorns him , colour'd with the florid hue Of rainbows and starry eyes . Explicat ad solem , donec vehit Hesperus umbras . Tunc 26.
... firm ; the crested cock , whose clarion sounds The silent hours , and the other whose gay train Adorns him , colour'd with the florid hue Of rainbows and starry eyes . Explicat ad solem , donec vehit Hesperus umbras . Tunc 26.
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chiefly translations Charles Rann Kennedy. Explicat ad solem , donec vehit Hesperus umbras . Tunc etiam haud cessat questus philomela canoros Audiri modulans ; noctem canit illa per omnem . Argenteis aliæ rivis lacubusque lavare ...
chiefly translations Charles Rann Kennedy. Explicat ad solem , donec vehit Hesperus umbras . Tunc etiam haud cessat questus philomela canoros Audiri modulans ; noctem canit illa per omnem . Argenteis aliæ rivis lacubusque lavare ...
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... tunc , si maledixerit hostis , Delebunt lachrymæ tristia probra tuæ : Testor enim cœlum ; quanquam illi justa querela est , Te nimiâ tantum dicar amâsse fide . Prima mihi puero arrisit tua dulcis imago , Unica tu mentis cura virilis ...
... tunc , si maledixerit hostis , Delebunt lachrymæ tristia probra tuæ : Testor enim cœlum ; quanquam illi justa querela est , Te nimiâ tantum dicar amâsse fide . Prima mihi puero arrisit tua dulcis imago , Unica tu mentis cura virilis ...
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... Tunc soleo laudare locum , tunc tempus et horam , Quæ mihi castum accenderit ignem , Atque animæ , Fortuna tibi faustissima , dico , Dignetur quæ munere tali . Illa tibi sensum prima inspiravit amandi , Summum ut scire bonum potis esses ...
... Tunc soleo laudare locum , tunc tempus et horam , Quæ mihi castum accenderit ignem , Atque animæ , Fortuna tibi faustissima , dico , Dignetur quæ munere tali . Illa tibi sensum prima inspiravit amandi , Summum ut scire bonum potis esses ...
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