Liber Peristephanon

Prudentius

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

  1. noster et nostra puer in palaestra
  2. arte virtutis fideique olivo
  3. unctus horrendum didicit domare
  4. viribus hostem,
  5. noverat templo celebres in isto
  6. octies partas deciesque palmas;
  7. laureis doctus patriis eadem
  8. laude cucurrit,
  9. hic et, Encrati, recubant tuarum
  10. ossa virtutum, quibus efferati
  11. spiritum mundi, violenta virgo,
  12. dedecorasti.
  13. martyrum nulli remanente vita
  14. contigit terris habitare nostris;
  15. sola tu morti propriae superstes
  16. vivis in orbe.
    17. p.164
  17. vivis, ac poenae seriem retexis,
  18. carnis et caesae spolium retentans
  19. taetra quam sulcos habeant amaros
  20. vulnera narras.