Silvae

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)

Statius, P. Papinius. Statius, Volume 1. Mozley, John Henry, editor. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.

  1. Iamque piam lux alta domum praecelsaque toto
  2. intravit Fortuna gradu; iam creditur uni
  3. sanctarum digestus opum partaeque per omnis
  4. divitiae populos magnique impendia mundi,
  5. quicquid ab auriferis eiectat Hiberia fossis,
  6. Dalmatico quod monte nitet, quod messibus Afris
  7. verritur, aestiferi quicquid terit area Nili,
  8. quodque legit mersus pelagi scrutator Eoi,
  9. et Lacedaemonii pecuaria culta Galaesi
  10. perspicuaeque nives Massylaque robora et Indi
  11. dentis honos: uni parent commissa ministro,
  12. quae Boreas quaeque Eurus atrox, quae nubilus Auster
  13. invehit: hibernos citius numeraveris imbres
  14. silvarumque comas, vigil idem animique sagacis [*]()
  15. et citus [*]() evolvit quantum Romana sub omni
  16. pila die quantumque tribus, quid templa, quid alti
  17. undarum cursus, quid propugnacula poseant
    18. [*](vigil idem animique sagacis Leo: vigilite animaeque sagacis M, variously emended; usque, iste, ipse edd., vigili tu animoque sagaci Peyrared (evolvis 99) etc. )[*](et citus Salmasius: exitus M: anxius Hirschfeld. gold-mines of Dalmatia are also mentioned iv. 7. 13; cf. also the simile in Theb. vi. 880. Since Tiberius mining rights were vested in the Emperor. The Imperial fiscus also derived income from African wheat, from pearl-fisheries, )
  18. aequoris aut longe series porrecta viarum;
  19. quod domini celsis niteat laquearibus aurum,
  20. quae divum in vultus igni formanda liquescat