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T R I B U L U S.

TRibule in undoſis ſi nate paludibus alges,

EnglishT R I B U L U S. Tribulus, if you, born in billowy marshes, are cold,

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

Unit 1 · poem · elegiac_couplet · 10 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 1-10

  1. 1

    TRibule in undoſis ſi nate paludibus alges,

  2. 2

    Cur tamen iratæ cornua frontis habes?

  3. 3

    Secretas tutamur opes : ſub cortice dulcis

  4. 4

    Eſca latet . dulce hoc nonniſi ab igne datur.

  5. 5

    Et mihi ab æthereo numeroſa potentia rore:

  6. 6

    Me maris & cæli provida cura fovet.

  7. 7

    Languentes vereor fauces : me mandere lumbus

  8. 8

    Diſcupit, urina huic cùm nocuitve lapis.

  9. 9

    Ex me mica juvat, gravidas ſed contrahit alvos.

  10. 10

    Me miſerum ! mortis dos mea cauſa mihi.

English

No translation for source lines 1-10.