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Berenike neczeret menehet meret neczerut

Omnia qvi magni dispexit lvmina mvndi,
qvi stellarvm ortvs comperit atqve obitvs,
flammevs vt rapidi solis nitor obscvretvr,
vt cedant certis sidera temporibvs,
vt Triviam fvrtim svb Latmia saxa relegans
dvlcis amor gyro devocet aereo:
idem me ille Conon caelesti in limine vidit
e Bereniceo vertice caesariem
fvlgentem clare, qvam mvltis illa dearvm
levia protendens brachia pollicita est,
qva rex tempestate novo avctvs hymenaeo
vastatvm finis iverat Assyrios,
dvlcia noctvrnae portans vestigia rixae,
qvam de virgineis gesserat exvviis.
estne novis nvptis odio Venvs? anne parentvm
frvstrantvr falsis gavdia lacrimvlis,
vbertim thalami qvas intra limina fvndvnt?
non, ita me divi, vera gemvnt, iverint.
id mea me mvltis docvit regina qverellis
invisente novo proelia torva viro.
et tv non orbvm lvxti deserta cvbile,
sed fratris cari flebile discidivm?
qvam penitvs maestas exedit cvra medvllas!
vt tibi tvnc toto pectore sollicitae
sensibvs ereptis mens excidit! at ego certe
cognoram a parva virgine magnanimam.
anne bonvm oblita es facinvs, qvo regivm adepta es
conivgivm, qvod non fortior avsit alis?
sed tvm maesta virvm mittens qvae verba locvta est!
Ivppiter, vt tristi lvmina saepe manv!
qvis te mvtavit tantvs devs? an qvod amantes
non longe a caro corpore abesse volvnt?
atqve ibi me cvnctis pro dvlci conivge divis
non sine tavrino sangvine pollicita es,
si reditvm tetvlisset. is havt in tempore longo
captam Asiam Aegypti finibvs addiderat.
qvis ego pro factis caelesti reddita coetv
pristina vota novo mvnere dissolvo.
invita, o regina, tvo de vertice cessi,
invita: adivro teqve tvvmqve capvt,
digna ferat qvod si qvis inaniter adivrarit:
sed qvi se ferro postvlet esse parem?
ille qvoqve eversvs mons est, qvem maximvm in oris
progenies Thiae clara svpervehitvr,
cvm Medi peperere novvm mare, cvmqve ivventvs
per medivm classi barbara navit Athon.
qvid facient crines, cvm ferro talia cedant?
Ivppiter, vt Chalybon omne genvs pereat,
et qvi principio svb terra qvaerere venas
institit ac ferri stringere dvritiem!
abivnctae pavlo ante comae mea fata sorores
lvgebant, cvm se Memnonis Aethiopis
vnigena impellens nvtantibvs aera pennis
obtvlit Arsinoes Locridis ales eqvos,
isqve per aetherias me tollens avolat vmbras
et Veneris casto collocat in gremio.
ipsa svvm Zephyritis eo famvlvm legarat
Graiia Canopitis incola litoribvs.
hi dii ven ibi vario ne solvm in lvmine caeli
ex Ariadnaeis avrea temporibvs
fixa corona foret, sed nos qvoqve fvlgeremvs
devotae flavi verticis exvviae,
vvidvlam a flvctv cedentem ad templa devm me
sidvs in antiqvis diva novvm posvit.
Virginis et saevi contingens namqve Leonis
lvmina, Callisto ivncta Lycaoniae,
vertor in occasvm, tardvm dvx ante Booten,
qvi vix sero alto mergitvr Oceano.
sed qvamqvam me nocte premvnt vestigia divvm,
lvx avtem canae Tethyi restitvit
(pace tva fari hic liceat, Ramnvsia virgo,
namqve ego non vllo vera timore tegam,
nec si me infestis discerpent sidera dictis,
condita qvin veri pectoris evolvam),
non his tam laetor rebvs, qvam me afore semper,
afore me a dominae vertice discrvcior,
qvicvm ego, dvm virgo qvondam fvit omnibvs expers
vngventis, vna milia mvlta bibi.
nvnc vos, optato qvas ivnxit lvmine taeda,
non privs vnanimis corpora conivgibvs
tradite nvdantes reiecta veste papillas,
qvam ivcvnda mihi mvnera libet onyx,
vester onyx, casto colitis qvae ivra cvbili.
sed qvae se impvro dedit advlterio,
illivs a mala dona levis bibat irrita pvlvis:
namqve ego ab indignis praemia nvlla peto.
sed magis, o nvptae, semper concordia vestras,
semper amor sedes incolat assidvvs.
tv vero, regina, tvens cvm sidera divam
placabis festis lvminibvs Venerem,
vngvinis expertem non siris esse tvam me,
sed potivs largis affice mvneribvs.
sidera corrverint vtinam! coma regia fiam,
proximvs Hydrochoi fvlgeret Oarion!

C. Valerivs Catvllvs c.LXVI