1
O meos longum modulata lusus
Quos amor primam docuit iuventam,
Flecte nunc mecum numeros, novumque
Dic, lyra, carmen:
5Non quod hirsutos agat huc leones;
Sed quod et frontem domini serenet,
Et levet curas, penitusque doctas
Mulceat aures.
Vindicat nostros sibi iure cantus
10Qui colit vates citharamque princeps;
Ille cui sacro rutilus refulget
Crine galerus;
Ille cui flagrans triplici corona
Cinget auratam diadema frontem.
15Fallor? An vati bonus haec canenti
Dictat Apollo?
Phoebe, quae dictas, rada fac, precamur:
Dignus est nostrae dominus Thaliae,
Cui celer versa fluat Hermus uni
20Aureus urna;
Cui tuas mittat, Cytherea, conchas
Conscius primi Phaetontis Indus;
Ipsa cui dives properet beatum
Copia cornu.
25Quippe non gazam pavidus repostam
Servat, aeoeo similis draconi;
Sed vigil famam secat, ac perenni
Imminet aevo.
Ipsa phoebeae vacat aula turbae,
30Dulcior blandis Heliconis umbris;
Et vocans doctos patet ampla toto
Ianua poste.
Sic refert magnae titulis superbum
Stemma Gonzagae recidia virtus,
35Gaudet et fastos superare avitos
Aemulus haeres.
Scilicet stirpem generosa succo
Poma commendant, timidumque numquam
Vulturem foeto Iovis acer ales
40Extudit ovo.
Curre iam toto violentus amne,
O sacris Minci celebrate Musis!
Ecce Mecoenas tibi nunc Maroque
Contingit uni.
45Iamque vicinas tibi subdat undas
Vel Padus multo resonans olore,
Quamlibet flentes animosus alnos
Astraque iactet.
Candidas ergo volucres notarat
50Mantuam condens tiberinus Ocnus,
Nempe quem parcae docuit benignae
Conscia mater.
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