<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text xml:lang="lat"><body><div xml:lang="lat" type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0893.phi001.perseus-lat2"><div type="textpart" n="1" subtype="book"><div type="textpart" n="31" met="Alcaic Strophe" subtype="poem"><lg><l n="1">Quid dedicatum poscit Apollinem</l><l n="2">vates? quid orat de patera novum</l><l n="3">fundens liquorem? non opimae</l><l n="4">Sardiniae segetes feracis,</l></lg><lg><l n="5">non aestuosae grata Calabriae</l><l n="6">armenta, non aurum aut ebur Indicum,</l><l n="7">non rura, quae Liris quieta</l><l n="8">mordet aqua taciturnus amnis.</l></lg><lg><l n="9">premant Calenam falce quibus dedit</l><l n="10">fortuna vitem, dives ut aureis</l><l n="11">mercator exsiccet culillis</l><l n="12">vina Syra reparata merce,</l></lg><lg><l n="13">dis carus ipsis, quippe ter et quater</l><l n="14">anno revisens aequor Atlanticum</l><l n="15">inpune. me pascunt olivae,</l><l n="16">me cichorea levesque malvae.</l></lg><lg><l n="17">frui paratis et valido mihi,</l><l n="18">Latoe, dones et precor integra</l><l n="19">cum mente nec turpem senectam</l><l n="20">degere nec cithara carentem.</l></lg></div></div></div></body></text></TEI>