<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text><body><div type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi1017.phi009.perseus-lat2" xml:lang="lat"><sp who="#chorus2"><l n="585">flemus dubios, veneranda, toros. </l><l n="586">nos Acheloi tecum solitae</l><l n="587">pulsare vadum, quom iam tumidas</l><l n="588">vere peracto poneret undas</l><pb n="p.342"/><l n="589">gracilisque gradu serperet aequo</l><l n="590">nec praecipitem volveret amnem </l><l n="591">flavus rupto fonte Lycormas;</l><l n="592">nos Palladias ire per aras</l><l n="593">.et virgineos celebrare choros.</l><l n="594">nos Cadmeis orgia ferre</l><l n="595">tecum solitae condita cistis, </l><l n="596">quom iam pulso sidere brumae</l><l n="597">tertia soles evocat aestas"</l><l n="598">et spiciferae concessa deae</l><l n="599">Attica mystas cludit Eleusin.</l><l n="600">nunc quoque casum quemcumque times, </l><l n="601">fidas comites accipe fatis:</l><l n="602">nam rara fides</l><l n="603">ubi iam melior fortuna ruit.</l><l n="604">Tu quicumque es qui sceptra tenes,</l><l n="605">licet omne tua vulgus in aula </l><l n="606">centum pariter limina pulset:</l><l n="607">quom tot populis stipatus eas,</l><l n="608">in tot populis vix una fides,</l><l n="609">tenet auratum limen Erinys,</l><l n="610">et quom magnae patuere fores, </l><l n="611">intrant fraudes cautique doli</l><l n="612">ferrumque latens; cumque in populos</l><l n="613">prodire paras, comes invidia est:</l><l n="614">noctem quotiens summovet Eos,</l></sp></div></body></text></TEI>