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Poem #36

Oraculum
written 1524-12 first edition 1857

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BNW, BOZ, 2053, TG 6, No. 559, f. 10r

Prints:
1AT 7 (Epigramma) p. 197-198 (in extenso)
2Dantisci Carmina (Oraculum) No. 30, p. 137-138 (in extenso)

 

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Per gelidas iterum se Gallus transtulit Alpes
In Latium, cum iam sub nive terra riget.
Importuna quidem sunt haec modo tempora belli
Causaque, quam propter sumitur, aequa parum.
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Delphicus hoc super eventu quaesitus Apollo,
Quid sibi tam praeceps impetus iste velit,
“Italia exitium Gallorum saepius olim
Ut fuit, hoc etiam tempore”, dixit, “erit”.