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C E R V U S .

TErreus eſt , volitat ſed Cervus : retia tendas ,

EnglishEarthy he is, but the Stag flies: stretch out your nets, Lest he flee: he benefits the sinews, when they have swollen.

Language
Latin
Date
17th century
Meter
elegiac_couplet
Editorial status
Source-attested
Text
Source and English

Unit 1 · poem · elegiac_couplet · 6 lines

Latin

Source text

  1. 1

    TErreus eſt , volitat ſed Cervus : retia tendas ,

  2. 2

    Ne fugiat : nervis , cùm tumuere , favet .

  3. 3

    Si vereare nigram bilem , ſit captus anhelo

  4. 4

    Eſca cani : Cordis ſed priùs Oſſa legas .

  5. 5

    Illa venenatum poterunt depellere virus .

  6. 6

    Sic nihil eſt penitus , quod ſine laude voces .

English text

Alignment approximate; line numbers are not a verified source-to-translation map.

Earthy he is, but the Stag flies: stretch out your nets,

Lest he flee: he benefits the sinews, when they have swollen.

If you fear black bile, let him be caught as food for a panting

dog: but first you should gather the Bones of the Heart.

They will be able to drive away the poisoned venom.

Thus there is nothing at all, that you might speak of without praise.