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. vilis honos studiis, vix haec in munera solvo
  2. primum animum, tacitisque situm depellere curis [*]()
    3. [*](caelo M: caelum Heinsius. )[*](tacitis curis M: tactis chordis Polster. poem was written three months after his father's death; still in any case he must have kept it by him for a long while before publishing it—if indeed the publication was not posthumous. )
  3. nunc etiam labente manu nec lumine sicco
  4. ordior adclinis tumulo, quo molle quiescis
  5. iugera nostra tenens, ubi post Aeneia fata
  6. stellatus Latiis ingessit montibus Albam
  7. Ascanius, Phrygio dum pingues sanguine campos
  8. odit et infaustae regnum dotale novercae.
  9. hic ego te—nam Sicanii non mitius halat
  10. aura croci, dites nec si tibi rara Sabaei
  11. cinnama, odoratas nec Arabs decerpsit aristas—
  12. inferiis cumulande sacris, te [*]() carmine plango
  13. Pierio; sume o gemitus et vulnera nati
  14. et lacrimas, rari quas umquam habuere parentes.
  15. atque utinam fortuna mihi, dare manibus aras,
  16. par templis opus, aeriamque educere molem,
  17. Cyclopum scopulos ultra atque audacia saxa
  18. Pyramidum, et magno tumulum praetexere luco!
  19. illic et Siculi superassem dona sepulcri
  20. et Nemees lucum et Pelopis solemnia trunci.