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A M Y G D A L A.

FErvet & emollit ſi Dulcis Amygdala : Amara eſt

EnglishIt heats and softens if the Almond is Sweet: the Bitter is Harsher: let that one not know your tables.

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

    FErvet & emollit ſi Dulcis Amygdala : Amara eſt

  2. 2

    Aſperior : menſas neſciat iſta tuas.

  3. 3

    Iliacum dulcis tabemq́; à pectore delet.

  4. 4

    Quàm bene diſtat ! alit dulcis, amara necat.

English

No translation for source lines 1-4.