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                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text><body><div n="urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0045.stoa008.perseus-lat2" xml:lang="lat" type="edition"><div type="textpart" n="3" subtype="poem"><l n="1">OMNIPOTENS, solo mentis mihi cognite cultu,</l><l n="2">ignorate malis et nulli ignote piorum:</l><l n="3">principio extremoque carens, antiquior aevo,</l><l n="4">quod fuit aut veniet: cuius formamque modumque</l><l n="5">nec mens conplecti poterit nec lingua profari: </l><l n="6">cernere quem solus coramque audire iubentem</l><l n="7">fas habet et patriam propter considere dextram</l><l n="8">ipse opifex rerum, rebus causa ipse creandis,</l><l n="9">ipse dei verbum, verbum deus, anticipator</l><l n="10">mundi, quem facturus erat: generatus in illo </l><l n="11">tempore, quo tempus nondum fuit: editus ante</l><l n="12">quam iubar et rutilus caelum inlustraret Eous:</l><l n="13">quo sine nil actum, per quem facta omnia:<note n="1"/> cuius</l><l n="14">in caelo solium, cui subdita terra sedenti</l><l n="15">et mare et obscurae chaos insuperabile noctis: </l><l n="16">inrequies, cuncta ipse movens, vegetator inertum:</l><l n="17">non genito genitore deus, qui fraude superbi</l><l n="18">offensus populi gentes in regna vocavit,</l><l n="19">stirpis adoptivae meliore propage colendus:</l><l n="20">cernere quem licuit proavis, quo numine viso </l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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