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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="3"><l n="981">Tantalus, ut famast, cassa formidine torpens;</l><l n="982">sed magis in vita divom metus urget inanis</l><l n="983">mortalis casumque timent quem cuique ferat fors.</l><l n="984">nec Tityon volucres ineunt Acherunte iacentem</l><l n="985">nec quod sub magno scrutentur pectore quicquam</l><l n="986"> perpetuam aetatem possunt reperire profecto.</l><l n="987">quam libet immani proiectu corporis exstet,</l><l n="988">qui non sola novem dispessis iugera membris</l><l n="989">optineat, sed qui terrai totius orbem,</l><l n="990">non tamen aeternum poterit perferre dolorem</l><l n="991">nec praebere cibum proprio de corpore semper.</l><l n="992">sed Tityos nobis hic est, in amore iacentem</l><l n="993">quem volucres lacerant atque exest anxius angor</l><l n="994">aut alia quavis scindunt cuppedine curae.</l><l n="995">Sisyphus in vita quoque nobis ante oculos est,</l><l n="996">qui petere a populo fasces saevasque secures</l><l n="997">imbibit et semper victus tristisque recedit.</l><l n="998">nam petere imperium, quod inanest nec datur umquam,</l><l n="999">atque in eo semper durum sufferre laborem,</l><l n="1000">hoc est adverso nixantem trudere monte</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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