<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi1294.phi002.perseus-lat2" xml:id="stoa0045.stoa0"><body><div type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi1294.phi002.perseus-lat2" xml:lang="lat"><div type="textpart" subtype="book" n="1"><div type="textpart" subtype="poem" n="12"><head>XII</head><l n="1">Itur ad Herculeas gelidi qua Tiburis arces </l><l n="2">Canaque sulphureis Albula fumat aquis, </l><l n="3">Rura nemusque sacrum dilectaque iugera Musis </l><l n="4">Signat vicina quartus ab urbe lapis. </l><l n="5">Hic rudis aestivas praestabat porticus umbras, </l><l n="6">Heu quam paene novum porticus ausa nefas! </l><l n="7">Nam subito conlapsa ruit, cum mole sub illa </l><l n="8">Gestatus biiugis Regulus esset equis. </l><l n="9">Nimirum timuit nostras Fortuna querellas, </l><l n="10">Quae par tam magnae non erat invidiae. </l><l n="11">Nunc et damna iuvant; sunt ipsa pericula tanti: </l><l n="12">Stantia non poterant tecta probare deos. </l></div></div></div></body></text></TEI>