Liber Peristephanon

Prudentius

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

  1. dum daemon invictum Dei
  2. testem lacessit proelio,
  3. perfossus ipse concidit
  4. et stratus aeternum iacet.
  5. mors illa sancti martyris
  6. mors vera templorum fuit;
  7. tunc Vesta Palladios Lares
  8. inpune sensit deseri.
  9. quidquid Quiritum sueverat
  10. orare simpuvium Numae,
  11. Christi frequentans atria
  12. hymnis resultat martyrem.
  13. ipsa et senatus lumina,
  14. quondam luperci aut flamines,
  15. apostolorum et martyrum
  16. exosculantur limina.
  17. videmus inlustres domos,
  18. sexu ex utroque nobiles,
  19. offerre votis pignera
  20. clarissimorum liberum.