<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="2" subtype="book"><div type="textpart" n="15" met="Alcaic Strophe" subtype="poem"><lg><l n="1">Iam pauca aratro iugera regiae</l><l n="2">moles relinquent, undique latius</l><l n="3">extenta visentur Lucrino</l><l n="4">stagna lacu platanusque caelebs</l></lg><lg><l n="5">evincet ulmos; tum violaria et</l><l n="6">myrtus et omnis copia narium</l><l n="7">spargent olivetis odorem</l><l n="8">fertilibus domino priori,</l></lg><lg><l n="9">tum spissa ramis laurea fervidos</l><l n="10">excludet ictus. non ita Romuli</l><l n="11">praescriptum et intonsi Catonis</l><l n="12">auspiciis veterumque norma.</l></lg><lg><l n="13">privatus illis census erat brevis,</l><l n="14">commune magnum: nulla decempedis</l><l n="15">metata privatis opacam</l><l n="16">porticus excipiebat arcton</l></lg><lg><l n="17">nec fortuitum spernere caespitem</l><l n="18">leges sinebant, oppida publico</l><l n="19">sumptu iubentes et deorum</l><l n="20">templa novo decorare saxo.</l></lg></div></div></div></body></text></TEI>