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princeps corusco sidere pulclirior,
Parthis sagittas tendere doctior,
eques Gelonis imperiosior,
quae digna mentis laus erit arduae?
5quae digna formae laus erit igneae?
te Leda mallet quam dare Castorem;
praefert Achilli te proprio Thetis;
victum fatetur Delos Apollinem:
credit minorem Lydia Liberum.
10tu cum per altas impiger ilices
freno citatum cornipedem reges
ludentque ventis instabiles comae^
telis iacebunt sponte tuis ferae
gaudensque sacris vulneribus leo
15admittet hastam morte superbior.
Venus reversum spernit Adonidem,
damnat reductum Cynthia Virbium.
cum post labores sub platani voles
virentis umbra vel gelido specu
20torrentiorem fallere Sirium
et membra somno fessa resolveris:
quantus uret tum Dryadas calor!
quot aestuantes ancipiti gradu
furtiva carpent oscula Naides! [p. 232]
25quis vero acerbis horridior Scythis,
quis beluarum corde furentior,
qui, cum micantem te prope viderit,
non optet ultro servitium pati,
qui non catenas adripiat libens
30colloque poscat vincula libero?
tu si nivalis per iuga Caucasi
saevas petisses pulcher Amazonas,
peltata pugnas desereret cohors
sexu recepto; patris et inmemor
35inter frementes Hippolyte tubas
strictam securim languida poneret
et seminudo pectore cingulum
forti negatum solveret Herculi,
bellumque solus conficeret decor.
40Beata, quae te mox faciet virum
primisque sese iunget amoribus.
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