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Heathcote William Garrod, comp. (1878–1960). The Oxford Book of Latin Verse. 1912.

Ausonius c.310–c.395

Myro’s Heifer

BVCVLA sum caelo genitoris facta Myronis

aerea: nec factam me puto sed genitam.

sic me taurus init, sic proxima bucula mugit,

sic uitulus sitiens ubera nostra petit.

miraris quod fallo gregem? gregis ipse magister

inter pascentis me numerare solet.