<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text n="Phaed."><body><div xml:lang="lat" type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi1017.phi005.perseus-lat2"><sp who="#chorus"><l n="793">et tu causa morae, te dea noctium</l><l n="794">dum spectat celeres sustinuit vias.</l><l n="795">Vexent hanc faciem frigora parcius, </l><l n="796">haec solem facies rarius appetat:</l><l n="797">lucebit Pario marmore clarius,</l><l n="798">quam grata est facies torva viriliter</l><l n="799">et pondus veteris triste supercili!</l><l n="800">Phoebo colla licet splendida compares: </l><l n="801">illum caesaries nescia colligi</l><l n="802">perfundens umeros ornat et integit;</l><l n="803">te frons hirta decet, te brevior coma</l><l n="804">nulla lege iacens; tu licet asperos</l><l n="805">pugnacesque deos viribus audeas </l><l n="806">et vasti spatio vincere corporis:</l><l n="807">aequas. Herculeos nam iuvenis toros,</l><l n="808">Martis belligeri pectore latior,</l><l n="809">si dorso libeat cornipedis vehi,</l><l n="810">frenis Castorea mobilior manu </l><l n="811">Spartanum poteris flectere Cyllaron.</l><l n="812">ammentum digitis tende prioribus</l><l n="813">et totis iaculum dirige viribus:</l><l n="814">tam longe, dociles spicula figere,</l><l n="815">non mittent gracilem Cretes harundinem. </l><l n="816">aut si tela modo spargere Parthico</l><l n="817">in caelum placeat, nulla sine alite</l><l n="818">descendent, tepido viscere condita</l><l n="819">praedam de mediis nubibus afferent.</l><l n="820">Raris forma viris (saecula perspice) </l><l n="821">inpunita fuit. te melior deus</l><l n="822">tutum praetereat formaque nobilis</l></sp></div></body></text></TEI>