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MARULLUS DE NEÆRA.

Inventa nuper, nervum cùm tenderet acrem,
Obstupuit visâ victus Amor dominâ:
Sensit læta suas vires, oculosque retorsit;
Dum fugiat, ventis ocior ille fugit. 4
Sed dum forte fugit, plenæ cecidere pharetræ;
Devicti spolium quas tulit illa dei.
Induiturque humerum, pariterque hominesque deosque
Una serit victrix, errat inermis amor. 8