Liber Peristephanon

Prudentius

Prudentius, Volume 2. Thomson, H. J, editor. London; Cambridge, Mass.: William Heinemann Ltd., Harvard University Press, 1953 (printing).

  1. ‘exulto talis quod potius venit
  2. vesanus, atrox, turbidus armiger,
  3. quam si veniret languidus ac tener
  4. mollisque ephebus tinctus aromate,
  5. qui me pudoris funere perderet.
  6. hic, hic amator iam, fateor, placet:
  7. ibo inruentis gressibus obviam,
  8. nec demorabor vota calentia:
  9. ferrum in papillas omne recepero
  10. pectusque ad imum vim gladii traham.
  11. sic nupta Christo transiliam poli
  12. omnes tenebras aethere celsior.
  13. aeterne rector, divide ianuas