<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="34" met="Alcaic Strophe" subtype="poem"><lg><l n="1">Parcus deorum cultor et infrequens,</l><l n="2">insanientis dum sapientiae</l><l n="3">consultus erro, nunc retrorsum</l><l n="4">vela dare atque iterare cursus</l></lg><lg><l n="5">cogor relictos: namque Diespiter,</l><l n="6">igni corusco nubila dividens</l><l n="7">plerumque, per purum tonantis</l><l n="8">egit equos volucremque currum,</l></lg><lg><l n="9">quo bruta tellus et vaga flumina,</l><l n="10">quo Styx et invisi horrida Taenari</l><l n="11">sedes Atlanteusque finis</l><l n="12">concutitur. valet ima summis</l></lg><lg><l n="13">mutare et insignem attenuat deus</l><l n="14">obscura promens; hinc apicem rapax:</l><l n="15">Fortuna cum stridore acuto</l><l n="16">sustulit, hic posuisse gaudet.</l></lg></div></div></div></body></text></TEI>