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                <requestName>GetPassage</requestName>
                <requestUrn>urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0045.stoa011.perseus-lat2:31.1-31.20</requestUrn>
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            <reply>
                <urn>urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0045.stoa011.perseus-lat2:31.1-31.20</urn>
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                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text><body><div n="urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0045.stoa011.perseus-lat2" xml:lang="lat" type="edition"><div type="textpart" n="31" subtype="letter"><l n="1">Quarta redit duris haec iam messoribus aestas,</l><l n="2">et totiens cano bruma gelu riguit,</l><l n="3">ex quo nulla tuo mihi littera venit ab ore,</l><l n="4">nulla tua vidi scripta notata manu,</l><l n="5">ante salutifero felix quam charta libello</l><l n="6">dona negata diu multiplicata daret,</l><l n="7">trina etenim vario florebat epistula textu,</l><l n="8">set numerosa triplex pagina carmen erat.</l><l n="9">dulcia multimodis quaedam subamara querellis,</l><l n="10">anxia censurae miscuerat pietas, </l><l n="11">sed milli mite patris plus quam censoris acerbum</l><l n="12">sedit, et e blandis aspera penso animo,</l><l n="13">ista suo regerenda loco tamen et graviore</l><l n="14">vindicis heroi sunt agitanda sono.</l><l n="15">interea levior paucis praecurret iambus</l><l n="16">disere to referens mutua verba pede.</l><l n="17">Nunc elegi salvere iubent dictaque salute,</l><l n="18">ut fecere aliis orsa gradumque, silent.</l><milestone unit="section"/><label>Ausonio Paulinus</label><l n="19">Quid abdicatas in meam curam, pater,</l><l n="20">redire Musas praecipis? </l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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