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Quòd Venerem, Geniumq́; colas, Cereriſq́; frequentes

EnglishBecause you worship Venus and your Genius, and frequent the rites of Ceres, do you perhaps think you can live on, Book?

Language
Latin
Date
17th century
Form
elegiac_couplet
Editorial status
Reviewed source page
Text
Source and English

Unit 1 · poem · elegiac_couplet · 4 lines

Latin

Block alignment is approximate: translation blocks are shown against their source line ranges, with untranslated gaps and overlaps surfaced rather than shifted into a verified line map.

Source lines 1-4

  1. 1

    Quòd Venerem, Geniumq́; colas, Cereriſq́; frequentes

  2. 2

    Sacra, putas forſan vivere poſſe Liber?

  3. 3

    Falleris: & fugiet ratio te vana: proterva eſt

  4. 4

    Et Venus: hæc novit perdere, & Ingluvies.

English

No translation for source lines 1-4.