Carminum minorum corpusculum

Claudian

Claudian, Volume 2. Platnauer, Maurice, editor. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA; London, England, 1922.

  1. Gratia defluxit, sequitur feralis egestas ;
  2. desolata domus, caris spoliamur amicis :
  3. hunc tormenta necant, hic undique truditur exul.
  4. quid superest damnis ? quae saeva pericula restant ?
  5. Emollit rabiem praedae mortisque facultas.
  6. praetereunt subiecta ferae, torvique leones,
  7. quae stravisse calent, eadem prostrata relinquunt
  8. nec nisi bellantis gaudent cervice iuvenci