Carminum minorum corpusculum

Claudian

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

  1. Alto colle minor, planis erectior arvis
  2. conspicuo clivus molliter orbe tumet
  3. ardentis fecundus aquae ; quacumque cavernas
  4. perforat, offenso truditur igne latex,
  5. spirat putre solum, conclusaque subter anhelo
  6. pumice rimosas perfodit 1 unda vias.
  7. umida flammarum regio : Vulcania terrae
  8. ubera, sulphureae fervida regna plagae.
  9. quis sterilem non credat humum ? fumantia vernant
  10. pascua ; luxuriat gramine cocta silex
  11. et, cum sic rigidae cautes fervore liquescant,
  12. contemptis audax ignibus herba viret.
  13. Praeterea grandes effosso marmore sulci
  14. saucia longinquo limite saxa secant.
  15. v.2.p.218
  16. Herculei (sic fama refert) monstratur aratri
  17. semita, vel casus vomeris egit opus.
  18. in medio pelagi late flagrantis imago
  19. caerulus inmenso panditur ore lacus
  20. ingenti fusus spatio ; sed maior in altum
  21. intrat et arcanae rupis inane subit :