Amores I.1 17-30






Cum bene surrēxit versū nova pāgina prīmō,
     attenuat nervōs proximus ille meōs.
Nec mihi māteria est numerīs leviōribus apta,
     aut puer aut longās cōmpta puella comās."
Questus eram, pharetrā cum prōtinus ille solūtā
     lēgit in exitium spīcula facta meum,
lūnāvitque genū sinuōsum fortiter arcum,
     "Quod"que "canās, vātēs, accipe," dīxit "opus."
miserum! Certās habuit puer ille sagittās:
     ūror, et in vacuō pectore rēgnat Amor.
Sex mihi surgat opus numerīs, in quīnque resīdat;
     ferrea cum vestrīs bella, valēte, modīs!
Cingere lītoreā flāventia tempora myrtō,
     Mūsa per ūndēnōs ēmodulanda pedēs!


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