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                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text><body><div type="edition" xml:lang="lat" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0550.phi001.perseus-lat1"><div type="textpart" subtype="book" n="1"><l n="21">quae quoniam rerum naturam sola gubernas</l><l n="22">nec sine te quicquam dias in luminis oras</l><l n="23">exoritur neque fit laetum neque amabile quicquam,</l><l n="24">te sociam studeo scribendis versibus esse,</l><l n="25">quos ego de rerum natura pangere conor</l><l n="26">Memmiadae nostro, quem tu, dea, tempore in omni</l><l n="27">omnibus ornatum voluisti excellere rebus.</l><l n="28">quo magis aeternum da dictis, diva, leporem.</l><l n="29">effice ut interea fera moenera militiai</l><l n="30">per maria ac terras omnis sopita quiescant;</l><l n="31">nam tu sola potes tranquilla pace iuvare</l><l n="32">mortalis, quoniam belli fera moenera Mavors</l><l n="33">armipotens regit, in gremium qui saepe tuum se</l><l n="34">reiicit aeterno devictus vulnere amoris,</l><l n="35">atque ita suspiciens tereti cervice reposta</l><l n="36">pascit amore avidos inhians in te, dea, visus</l><l n="37">eque tuo pendet resupini spiritus ore.</l><l n="38">hunc tu, diva, tuo recubantem corpore sancto</l><l n="39">circum fusa super, suavis ex ore loquellas</l><l n="40">funde petens placidam Romanis, incluta, pacem;</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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