Carminum minorum corpusculum

Claudian

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

  1. Quid non saevus Amor flammarum numine cogat ?
  2. sanguinis en fetum mater amare timet,
  3. pectore dum niveo miserum tenet anxia nutrix,
  4. inlicitos ignes iam fovet ipsa parens,
  5. ultrices pharetras tandem depone, Cupido.
  6. consule iam Venerem : forsan et ipsa dolet.