<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="35" met="Alcaic Strophe" subtype="poem"><lg><l n="1">O diva, gratum quae regis Antium,</l><l n="2">praesens vel imo tollere de gradu</l><l n="3">mortale corpus vel superbos</l><l n="4">vertere funeribus triumphos:</l></lg><lg><l n="5">te pauper ambit sollicita prece</l><l n="6">ruris colonus, te dominam aequoris</l><l n="7">quicumque Bithyna lacessit</l><l n="8">Carpathium pelagus carina;</l></lg><lg><l n="9">te Dacus asper, te profugi Scythae</l><l n="10">urbesque gentesque et Latium ferox</l><l n="11">regumque matres barbarorum et</l><l n="12">purpurei metuunt tyranni,</l></lg><lg><l n="13">iniurioso ne pede proruas</l><l n="14">stantem columnam neu populus frequens</l><l n="15">ad arma, cessantis ad arma</l><l n="16">concitet imperiumque frangat;</l></lg><lg><l n="17">te semper anteit saeva Necessitas,</l><l n="18">clavos trabalis et cuneos manu</l><l n="19">gestans aena nec severus</l><l n="20">uncus abest liquidumque plumbum;</l></lg><lg><l n="21">te Spes et albo rara Fides colit</l><l n="22">velata panno nec comitem abnegat,</l><l n="23">utcumque mutata potentis</l><l n="24">veste domos inimica linquis,</l></lg><lg><l n="25">at volgus infidum et meretrix retro</l><l n="26">periura cedit, diffugiunt cadis</l><l n="27">cum faece siccatis amici,</l><l n="28">ferre iugum pariter dolosi:</l></lg><lg><l n="29">serves iturum Caesarem in ultimos</l><l n="30">orbis Britannos et iuvenum recens</l><l n="31">examen Eois timendum</l><l n="32">partibus Oceanoque rubro.</l></lg><lg><l n="33">heu heu, cicatricum et sceleris pudet</l><l n="34">fratrumque. quid nos dura refugimus</l><l n="35">aetas? quid intactum nefasti</l><l n="36">liquimus? unde manum iuventus</l></lg><lg><l n="37">metu deorum continuit? quibus</l><l n="38">pepercit aris? o utinam nova</l><l n="39">incude diffingas retusum in</l><l n="40">Massagetas Arabasque ferrum.</l></lg></div></div></div></body></text></TEI>