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Rectius vives, 28, 14.
? ? Rogare longo, 17, 22.
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Velox amcenum, 40,40,23, Vitas hinnuleo, 34, 34, 36,
42. 35.
Videsutalta,40,40,23,42. Vixi puellis, 40, 40, 23,
Vilepotabis, 28, 14. 42.
The first thirty of the following exercises are designed to
be scanned; the succeeding thirty-four require the order of
the words to be changed, in order to the lines beingformed
into verses; the remaining exercises are intended to be
translated. The figures prefixed to the exercises refer to
the metres of the verses contained in them.
EXERCISES.
1. No. 8.
Haud sic magni conditor orbis; /
Huic ex alto curicta tuenti
Nulla terrJe mole resistunt,
Non nox atris nubibus obstat.
2. No. 9.
Gratius astra nitent, ubi Notus
Desinit imbriferos dare sonbs";
Lucifer ut tenebras pepulerit,
Pulchra dies roseoi agit equos.
3. No. 16.
Somnos dabat herba salubris,
Potum quoque lubricus amnis,
Umbras altissima pinus;
Nondum maris alta secabat.
4. No. 31.
Tu ne quaesieris scire, nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi
Finem di dederint, Leuconoe; nec Babylonios
Tentaris numeros, ut melius, quidquid erit, pati;
Seu plures hyemes, seu tribuit Jupiter ultimam.
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5. No. 1, 8.
Albus ut obscuro deterget nubila ccelo
Saepe Notus, neque parturit imbres
Perpetuos, sic tu sapiens finire memento
Tristitiam vitaeque labores.
6. No. 1, IS, 1, 13.
Diffugere nives; redeunt jam gramina campis,
Arboribusque comae;
Mutat terra vices; et decrescentia ripas
Flumina praetereunt.
7. No. 1, 17, 1, 17.
Mella cava manant ex ilice; montibus altis
Levis crepante lympha desilit pede.
Illic injussae veniunt ad mulctra capellae,
Refertque tenta grex amicus ubera.
8. No. 17, 22, 17, 22.
Has inter epulas, ut juvat pastas oves
Videre properantes domum!
Videre fessos, vomerem inversum, boves,
Collo trahentes languido.
9. No. 11,36.
Omne hominum genus in terris
Simili surgit ab ortu;
Unus enim rerum pater est,
Unus cuncta ministrat.
10. No. 34, 35.
Jam veris comites, quae mare temperant,
Impellunt animae lintea Thraciae;
Jam nec prata rigent, nec fluvii strepunt
Hyberna nive turgidi.
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11. No. 35, 34.
Caris multa sodalibus,
Nulli plura tamen, dividit oscula,
Quam dulci Lamiae, memor
Acts non alio rege puertiae.
12. No. 28, 14.
Scandit aeratas vitiosa naves
"Cura, nec turmas equitum relinquit,
Ocior cervis, et agente nimbos
Ocior Euro.
13. No. 47, 21.
Solvitur acris hyems grata vice veris et Favoni;
Trahuntque siccas machinae carinas;
Ac neque jam stabulis gaudet pecus, aut arator igni;
Nec prata canis albicant pruinis.
14. No. 37, 32.
Cur neque militaris
Inter aequales equitat; Gallica nec lupatis
Temperat ora franis?
Cur timet flavum Tiberim tangere ? cur olivum?
15. No. 34, 34, 36,, 35.
Vos Tempe totidem tollite laudibus,
Natalemque, mares, Delon Apollinis,
Insignemque pharetra
Fraternaque humerum lyra.
16. No. 40, 40, 23, 43.
Doctrina sed vim promovet: insitam,
Rectique cultus pectora roborant;
Utcunque defecere mores,
Dedecorant bene nata culpa.
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17. No. 1,22, 13.
Nobilis ut grandi cecinit Centaurus alumno,
"Invicte mortalis, dea
Nate puer Thetide,
Te manet Assaraci tellus, quam frigida parvi
Findunt Scamandri flumina,
Lubricus et Simois. "
18. No. 24, 21.
At fides, et ingenl
Benigna vena est; pauperemque dives
Me petit. Nihil supra
Deos lacesso; nec potentem amicum
Largiora flagito,
Satis beatus unicis Sabinis.
19. . No. 17, 13,22.
Ubi haec severus te palam laudaveram,
Jussus abire domum,
Ferebar incerto pede
Ad non amicos, heu, mihi postes, et heu
Limina dura, quibus
Lumbos et infregi latus.
20. No. 18.
Querceta Fauni, vosque rore vinoso
Colles benigni, mitis Evandri sedes,
Si quid salubre vallibus frondet vestris,
Levamen aegro ferte certatim vati.
Sic ille, chartis redditus rursum Musis,
Vicina dulci prata mulcebit cantu.
21.
Frigora mitescunt Zephyris; ver proterit aestas,
Interitura simul;
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Pomifer autumnus fruges effuderit; et mox
Bruma recurret iners.
22.
Labuntur altis interim ripis aqua? ,
Queruntur in sylvis aves,
Fontesque lymphis obstrepunt manantibus;
Somnos quod invitet leves.
23.
Quam variis terras animalia permeant figuris!
Namque alia extento sunt corpore, pulveremque verrunt,
Continuumque trahunt vi pectoris incitata sulcum.
Sunt quibus alarum levitas vaga, verberetque ventos.
24.
Monte decurrens velut amnis, imbres
Quem super notas aluere ripas,
Fervet, immensusque ruit profundo
Pindarus ore.
25.
26.
27.
Cum nemus flatu Zephyri tepentis
Vernis irrubuit rosis, ?
Spiret insanum nebulosus Auster,
Jam spinis abeat decus.
Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas
Regumque turres: o beate Sexti,
Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam:
Jam te premet nox, fabulaeque manes.
Nec Coae referunt jam tibi purpura,
Nec clari lapides tempora, quae semel
Notis condita fastis
Inclusit volucris dies.
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28.
29.
30.
Purae rivus aquae, sylvaque jugerum
Paucorum, ? t segetis certa fides meae,
Fulgentem imperio fertilis Africa:
Fallit, sorte beatior.
Virtus, recludens immeritis mori
Ccelum, negata tentat iter via j
Ccetusque vulgares, et udam
Spernit humum fugiente penna.
Quid genus et proavos strepitis?
Si primordia vestra
Auctoremque Deum spectes,
Nullus degener extat,
Ni vitiis pejora fovens,
Proprium deserat ortum.
SI. No. 16.
Utinam modd redirent nostra
Tempora in priscos mores!
Sed, ignibus iEtnse saevior,
Amor fervens habendi ardet.
32. No. A.
Nunc jacet lumine mentis effceto,
Et pressus colla catenis gravibus,
Declivemque pondere gerens vultum,
Cogitur, heu, cernere terram stolidam.
S3. No. 17.
Anima mea, recogita mecum, recogita,
Horrore quo perculsa, ponti videris
Lot. Pr. O
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Imo ex sinu profunditates erutas,
Montesque fluctuum imminentes montibus.
34. No. 17, 22, 17, 22.
Elusus miser, non est, ut arbitraris,
Mors atra filia Noctis,
Erebove creta patre sive Erinnye,
Vastove sub Chao nata.
35. No. 17, 22, 17, 22.
Ast ilia, missa stellato ccelo, Dei
Messes colligit ubique,
Animasque, reconditas carnea mole,
In lucem et evocat auras.
36. No. 17, 22, 17, 22.
En, viator defesse, et infra despice
Vitae terminum viaeque,
Vide quo laboriosa vestigia
Huc, ecce, omnia tendunt.
37. No. SO, 29, 30, 29.
Hybla, funde totos flores,
Quidquid attulit annus;
Hybla, florum vestem sparge,
Quantus campus Enna e est.
38. No. 28,28, 28, 14.
Deus, laudes in Sione manent te,
Hic, castis sacris operata, tibi
Gens vota tua solvet, victimisque
Aras imbuet.
39. No. 28, 28, 28, 14. ^
Quique tam prasens supplicantum tibi
Secundos exitus tribuas votis,
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Gentes petent te mundi sub utroque
Jacentes axe.
40. No. 28, 28, 28,14.
Tu, potens rerum pollens validisque
Viribus, catena stabili firmas
Tractus montium, jugaque inquietis
Procellis tunsa.
41. No. 28, 28, 28,14.
Tu maris, agitata ventis nigris,
Componis terga; rebelles cohibes
Motus gentium, placidaque mutas
Tumultus pace.
42. No. 28, 28, 28, 14.
Ultimi rerum signa tua norunt,
Et pavent fines, coruscis quoties
Flammis turgidum fremuit sonoro
Coclum murmure.
43. No. 28, 28, 28, 14c
Tu solum terra, imbrem sitientis,
Invisis laetus; gravidaeque nubis;
De sinu, fundis genitale pigros
In semen agros.
44. No. 28, 28, 28, 14.
Alveus, pleno semper tibi amne,
Turgidus beta novat fruge arva,
Campos floribus, virentes nemorum
Reccssus fronde.
45. No. 28, 28, 28, 14.
Tu maceras rore leni sola contumacis
terrae, glebas subigisque,
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Sulcos ebrios amictu viridante
Inumbras messis.
46. No. 28, 28, 28, 14.
Qua feres gressus, annum renovabis
Frugum fertilem, vegetansque foetus
Per valles cavas saltus riguosque
Humor impluet.
47. No. 28, 28, 28, 14.
Pauper tugurii (apop. ) colonus gestier,
Comitans capellas distentas lacte;
Colles mugient, et sylva, amica fessis
juvencis.
48. No. 28, 28, 28, 14.
Spes cupidas aratoris fovebit
Fluctuans latis campis seges alma;
Ut canat tibi feriatus festa
In umbra carmen.
49. No. 34, 34, 34, 35.
Quid frustra rabidi canes petitis me?
Cur premis improbum propositum Livor?
Sicut pastor ovem, Dominus regit me:
Nil penitus deerit (synar. ) mihi.
50. No. 34, 34, 34, 35.
Per mitia pabula viridis campi,
Quae amcenitas teneri veris pingit,
Nunc pascor placide, nunc latus saturum
Molliter explico fessus.
5). No. 34, 34, 34, 35.
Rivus purae aquae leniter astrepens
Restituit robora languidis membris;
Et spiritus recreat blando fomite
Sub face torrida solis.
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52. No. 34, 34, 34, 35.
Cum peteret mens vaga devios saltus,
Sequens teneras illecebras errorum,
Bonus retraxit, denuo me miserans,
In viam justitiae pastor.
53. No. 34, 34, 34, 85.
Nec si luctifica manu per trepidas intentet
------ tenebras mors vulnera mihi,
Formidem pergere, te duce, me pedo
Facies securum tuo.
5*. No. 34, 34, 34, 35.
Tu accumulas mensas epulis; merum
Tu sufficis plenis pateris; et caput exhilaras
? unguento: conficit aemulos
Dum spectant anxius dolor.
55. No. 34, 34, 34, 35.
Tua bonitas nunquam destituet me,
Perpetuo favor profususque bonis,
Et non solicits domi tuae longa
Tempora vitae transigam.
56. No. 40, 40, 23, 42.
Tecum alta Virtus sedet laurigeram
Frontem decora, et Veritas filia,
Cui vultus fulgens immortale
Radiatur purpureo igne.
57. No. 17.
Pofetae veteres fabulantur Protea
Fuisse quendam, qui verteret se in omnes
? Formas, nec posset contineri ullis vinculis,
dum nunc in liquentes undas fluit,
Nunc stridet flamma, nunc ferus leo rugit,
Arbor viret, ursus horret, anguis sibilat.
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58. No. 41.
Unica gens hominum altius levat celsum cacumen,
Atque levis stat recto corpore, despicitque terras.
Haec figura admonet, nisi terrenus male desipis,
Qui recto vultu petis ccelum, exerisque frontem,
In sublime animum quoque feras,, ne gravata pessum,
Inferior sidat mens Celsius levato corpore.
59. No. 29.
Quse faciunt vitam beatiorem, *
Hsc sunt, Martialis jucundissime;
Ager non ingratus, perennis focus,
Nunquam lis, rara toga, quieta mens,
Ingenuae vires, corpus salubre,
Simplicitas prudens, amici pares;
60. No. 29.
Facilis convictus, sine arte mensa,
Non ebria nox sed curis soluta,
Torus non tristis attamen pudicus,
Somnus, qui tenebras breves faciat,
Velis esse quod sis, nihilque malis,
Nec metuas diem summum, nec optes.
61. No. 35, 34, SI, 35, 34, 31.
Gaudio pectora pulsat
Laeto cor trepidum j lingua avet tuas
Promere laudes; spes bona tacite recreat corpus.
Tu viam vitae reseras:
De vultu tuo fluvii laetitiae
Manant; tu tribuis gaudia munifica dextera.
62. No. 34, 34, 34, 35.
Qualis per silentia nigra nemorum,
Vallesque irriguas, et domos virides,
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63.
Fons placidus murmure languido serpit,
Peragens secretum iter;
Paulisper vagus, atque agens exiguos Maeandros,
----sinuat se varus modis,
Dum tandem, fugam celerem prsecipitans,
Maris gremio miscetur.
Talis per semitam tacitam devia
Diffugiat aetas, non gravis opibus,
Rauca jurgia fori non experta, nec palma
decus sanguineum;
Ciimque tenebrae instant et lux brevis occidit,
Et satura ludo, et laboribus fessa,
Membra jacentia morslenisque sopor
Manu placida componant.
6*. No. 16.
Quae canit altis ramis, garrula
Ales clauditur antro caveae;
Huic licet pocula illita melle,
Dulci studio, dapes largasque,
Cura ludens hominum ministret, >
Si tamen, saliens arcto tecto,
Viderit gratas umbras nemorum,
Proterit sparsas escas pedibus;
Sylvas tantum requirit mcesta,
Susurrat sylvas voce dulci.
65. No. 11, 36, 11, 36.
The same Creator gave to the sun his rays; He gave to
the moon her horns ; He also gave inhabitants to the earth,
and stars to the Heaven.
Hie do radius Phoebus;
Et do cornu luna;
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IHe etiam terra (enall. ) homo
Do, et caelum sidus.
66. No. 28, 35, 28, 85.
The sea is often resplendent in calm weather, Its waves
being unruffled; The north wind often raises in it raging
tempests, The waters being agitated.
Szepe radio tranquility sereoum
Mare, fluctus immotus;
Sffipe Aquilo tempestas (synon. ) fervens,
,35quor (enall. ) versus, concito.
67. No. 25, 36, 25, 36, 25, 36.
Whoever shall wish Cautiously to erect a house that
shall stand, Should take care to avoid the sea, Threatening
with its waves The top of a lofty mountain, And should
shun quick-sands.
Quisquis perennis volo
Sedes caute (enall.