Liber Peristephanon

Prudentius

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

  1. quod quisque supplex postulat,
  2. fert inpetratum prospere;
  3. poscunt, iocantur,1 indicant,
  4. et tristis haud ullus redit,
  5. ceu praesto semper adsies
  6. tuosque alumnos urbicos
  7. lactante conplexus sinu
  8. paterno amore nutrias.
  9. hos inter, o Christi decus,
  10. audi poetam rusticum
  11. cordis fatentem crimina
  12. et facta prodentem sua.
  13. indignus, agnosco et scio,
  14. quem Christus ipse exaudiat,
  15. sed per patronos martyras
  16. potest medellam consequi.
  17. audi benignus supplicem
  18. Christi reum Prudentium,
  19. et servientem corpori
  20. absolve vinclis saeculi.