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. Dalmatico quod monte nitet, quod messibus Afris
  2. verritur, aestiferi quicquid terit area Nili,
  3. quodque legit mersus pelagi scrutator Eoi,
  4. et Lacedaemonii pecuaria culta Galaesi
  5. perspicuaeque nives Massylaque robora et Indi
  6. dentis honos: uni parent commissa ministro,
  7. quae Boreas quaeque Eurus atrox, quae nubilus Auster
  8. invehit: hibernos citius numeraveris imbres
  9. silvarumque comas, vigil idem animique sagacis [*]()
  10. et citus [*]() evolvit quantum Romana sub omni
  11. pila die quantumque tribus, quid templa, quid alti
  12. undarum cursus, quid propugnacula poseant
    13. [*](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, )
  13. aequoris aut longe series porrecta viarum;
  14. quod domini celsis niteat laquearibus aurum,
  15. quae divum in vultus igni formanda liquescat
  16. massa, quid Ausoniae scriptum crepet igne Monetae,
  17. hinc tibi rara quies animoque exclusa voluptas,
  18. exiguaeque dapes et numquam laesa profundo
  19. cura mero; sed iura tamen genialia cordi
  20. et mentem vincire toris ac iungere festa