In Eutropium

Claudian

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

  1. has tibi protendo lacrimas: succurre ruenti,
  2. eripe me tandem, servilibus eripe regnis.
  3. neve adeo cunctos paucorum crimine damnes
  4. nec nova tot meritis offensa prioribus obstet.
  5. iamiam flecte animum. suprema pericula semper
  6. dant veniam culpae. quamvis iratus et exul
  7. pro patriae flammis non distulit arma Camillus.
  8. nec te subtrahimus Latio; defensor utrique
  9. sufficis. armorum liceat splendore tuorum
  10. in commune frui; clipeus nos protegat idem
  11. unaque pro gemino desudet cardine virtus.”