Amores I.9 11-22






Ībit in adversōs montēs duplicātaque nimbō
     flūmina; congestās exteret ille nivēs,
nec, freta pressūrus, tumidōs causābitur Eurōs
     aptave verrendīs sīdera quaeret aquīs.
Quis, nisi vel mīles vel amāns, et frīgora noctis
     et dēnsō mixtās perferet imbre nivēs?
Mittitur īnfestōs alter speculātor in hostēs;
     in rīvāle oculōs alter, ut hoste, tenet.
Ille gravēs urbēs, hic dūrae līmen amīcae
     obsidet; hic portās frangit, at ille forēs.
Saepe sopōrātōs invādere prōfuit hostēs
     caedere et armātā vulgus inerme manū:


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