Carminum minorum corpusculum

Claudian

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

  1. nec potuit toto mentiri corpore gemmam,
  2. sed medio mansit proditor orbe latex,
  3. auctus honor ; liquidi crescunt miracula saxi,
  4. et conservatae plus meruistis aquae.
  1. Adspice porrectam splendenti fragmine venam,
  2. qua trahitur limes lucidiore gelu.