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Parentis olim siquis inpia manu
senile guttur fregerit,
edit cicutis alium nocentius.
o dura messorum ilia.
5quid hoc veneni saevit in praecordiis?
num viperinus his cruor
incoctus herbis me fefellit? an malas
Canidia tractavit dapes?
ut Argonautas praeter omnis candidum
10Medea mirata est ducem,
ignota tauris inligaturum iuga
perunxit hoc Iasonem,
hoc delibutis ulta donis paelicem
serpente fugit alite.
15nec tantus umquam Siderum insedit vapor
siticulosae Apuliae
nec munus umeris efficacis Herculis
inarsit aestuosius.
at siquid umquam tale concupiveris,
20iocose Maecenas, precor,
manum puella savio opponat tuo,
extrema et in sponda cubet.
Q. Horatius Flaccus (Horace). Q. Horati Flacci Carmina. Friedrich Vollmer. Lipsiae. in aedibvs B.G. Tevbneri. 1912. Posted by Konrad Schroder on the Latin Library.
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