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        <requestUrn>urn:cts:latinLit:phi0472.phi001.perseus-lat2:45</requestUrn>
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        <urn>urn:cts:latinLit:phi0472.phi001.perseus-lat2:45</urn>
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            <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text><body><div type="edition" xml:lang="lat" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0472.phi001.perseus-lat2"><div type="textpart" subtype="Lyrics"><div type="textpart" subtype="poem" n="45"><milestone unit="meter" n="Phalaecean"/><l n="1">Acmen Septimius suos amores</l><l n="2">tenens in gremio “mea,” inquit, “Acme,</l><l n="3">ni te perdite amo atque amare porro</l><l n="4">omnes sum adsidue paratus annos</l><l n="5">quantum qui pote plurimum perire,</l><l n="6">solus in Libya Indiaque tosta</l><l n="7">caesio veniam obvius leoni.”</l><l n="8">hoc ut dixit, Amor, sinistra ut ante,</l><l n="9">dextra sternuit adprobationem.</l><l n="10">at Acme leviter caput reflectens</l><l n="11">et dulcis pueri ebrios ocellos</l><l n="12">illo purpureo ore saviata</l><l n="13">“sic,” inquit, “mea vita, Septimille,</l><l n="14">huic uni domino usque serviamus,</l><l n="15">ut multo mihi maior acriorque</l><l n="16">ignis mollibus ardet in medullis.”</l><l n="17">hoc ut dixit, Arnor, sinistra ut ante,</l><l n="18">dextra sternuit adprobationem.</l><l n="19">nunc ab auspicio bono profecti</l><l n="20">mutuis animis amant amantur.</l><l n="21">unam Septimius misellus Acmen</l><l n="22">mavult quam Syrias Britanniasque:</l><l n="23">uno in Septimio fidelis Acme</l><l n="24">facit delicias libidinesque.</l><l n="25">quis ullos homines beatiores</l><l n="26">vidit, quis Venerem auspicatiorem?</l></div></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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