Cum Phoebi radiis graue
Cancri sidus inaestuat,
Tum qui larga negantibus
5
Sulcis semina credidit, Elusus Cereris fide
Quernas pergat ad arbores.
Numquam purpureum nemus
Lecturus uiolas petas
Cum saeuis aquilonibus
10 Stridens campus inhorruit.
Nec quaeras auida manu
Vernos stringere palmites,
Vuis si libeat frui;
Autumno potius sua
15 Bacchus munera contulit.
Signat tempora propriis
Aptans officiis deus
Nec quas ipse coercuit
Misceri patitur uices.
20 Sic quod praecipiti uia
Certum deserit ordinem
Laetos non habet exitus.
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