| Heathcote William Garrod, comp. (1878–1960). The Oxford Book of Latin Verse. 1912. |
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| Another Martyrdom of Cupid |
| | | Modestinus (circa 350 A.D.) |
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| FORTE iacebat Amor uictus puer alite somno | |
| myrti inter frutices pallentis roris in herba. | |
| hunc procul emissae tenebrosa Ditis ab aula | |
| circueunt animae, saeua face quas cruciarat. | |
| ‘ecce meus uenator’, ait ‘hunc’ Phaedra ‘ligemus!’ | 5 |
| crudelis ‘crinem’ clamabat Scylla ‘metamus!’ | |
| Colchis et orba Procne ‘numerosa caede necemus!’ | |
| Didon et Canace ‘saeuo gladio perimamus!’ | |
| Myrrha ‘meis ramis’, Euhadneque ‘igne crememus!’ | |
| ‘hunc’ Arethusa inquit Byblisque ‘in fonte necemus!’ | 10 |
| ast Amor euigilans dixit ‘mea pinna, uolemus’. | |
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