de raptu Proserpinae

Claudian

Claudian, Volume 2. Platnauer, Maurice, editor. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA; London, England, 1922.

  1. compellat Zephyrum : “pater o gratissime veris,
  2. qui mea lascivo regnas per prata meatu
  3. semper et adsiduis inroras flatibus annum,
  4. respice Nympharum coetus et celsa Tonantis
  5. germina per nostros dignantia ludere campos.
  6. nunc adsis faveasque, precor ; nunc omnia fetu
  7. pubescant virgulta velis, ut fertilis Hybla
  8. invideat vincique suos non abnuat hortos.
  9. quidquid turiferis spirat Panchaia silvis,
  10. quidquid odoratus longe blanditur Hydaspes,
  11. quidquid ab extremis ales longaeva colonis
  12. colligit optato repetens exordia leto, 1
  13. in venas disperge meas et flamine largo
  14. rura fove. merear divino pollice carpi
  15. et nostris cupiant ornari numina sertis.”
  16. Dixerat ; ille novo madidantes nectare pennas
  17. concutit et glaebas fecundo rore maritat,
  18. quaque volat vernus sequitur rubor ; omnis in herbas
  19. turget humus medioque patent convexa sereno.
  20. sanguineo splendore rosas, vaccinia nigro