In Eutropium

Claudian

Claudian, Volume 1. Platnauer, Maurice, editor. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA; London, England, 1922.

  1. ignorare tamen fingit regnique ruinas
  2. dissimulat: parvam latronum errare catervam,
  3. ad sontes tormenta magis quam tela parari
  4. nec duce frangendas iactat, sed iudice vires:
  5. vasta velut Libyae venantum vocibus ales
  6. cum premitur calidas cursu transmittit harenas
  7. inque modum veli sinuatis flamine pennis
  8. pulverulenta volat; si iam vestigia retro
  9. clara sonent, oblita fugae stat lumine clauso
  10. (ridendum!) revoluta caput creditque latere,
  11. quem non ipsa videt. furtim tamen ardua mittit