<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text><body><div xml:lang="lat" type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0238.stoa001.perseus-lat2"><div type="textpart" n="12" subtype="poem"><l n="24">iubet feriri gentium magistrum,</l><l n="25">ipse prius sibimet finem cito dixerat futurum: </l><l n="26">' ad Christum eundum est, iam resolvor,' inquit,</l><l n="27">nec mora, protrahitur, poenae datur, inmolatur ense;</l><l n="28">non hora vatem, non dies fefellit,</l><l n="29">dividit ossa duum Tybris sacer ex utraque ripa,</l><l n="30">inter sacrata dum fluit sepulcra. </l><l n="31">dextra Petrum regio tectis tenet aureis receptum</l><l n="32">canens oliva, murmurans fluento.</l><l n="33">namque supercilio saxi liquor ortus excitavit</l><l n="34">fontem perennem chrismatis feracem.</l><l n="35">nunc pretiosa ruit per marmora lubricatque clivum,</l><l n="36">donec virenti fluctuet colymbo. </l><l n="37">interior tumuli pars est, ubi lapsibus sonoris</l><l n="38">stagnum nivali volvitur profundo,</l><l n="39">omnicolor vitreas pictura superne tinguit undas,</l><l n="40">musci relucent et virescit aurum </l><l n="41">cyaneusque latex umbram trahit inminentis ostri:</l><l n="42">credas moveri Auctibus lacunar.</l><pb n="p.326"/><l n="43">pastor oves alit ipse illic gelidi rigore fontis,</l><l n="44">videt sitire quas fluenta Christi,</l><l n="45">parte alia titulum Pauli via servat Ostiensis, </l><l n="46">qua stringit amnis caespitem sinistrum,</l><l n="47">regia pompa loci est; princeps bonus has sacravit arces</l><l n="48">lusitque magnis ambitum talentis,</l><l n="49">bratteolas trabibus sublevit, ut omnis aurulenta</l><l n="50">lux .esset intus, ceu iubar sub ortu. </l><l n="51">subdidit et Parias fulvis laquearibus columnas,</l><l n="52">distinguit illic quas quaternus ordo.</l><l n="53">tum camiros hyalo insigni varie cucurrit arcus:</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>