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Tristia, Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D, creator; Wheeler, Arthur Leslie, 1871-1932, editor; Wheeler, Arthur Leslie, 1871-1932, editor, translator
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Parve—nec invideo—sine me, liber, ibis in urbem,
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ei mihi, quod [*]cum vel quo domino non licet ire tuo!
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vade, sed incultus, qualem decet exulis esse
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infelix habitum temporis huius habe.
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nec te purpureo velent vaccinia fuco—
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non est conveniens luctibus ille color—
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nec titulus minio, nec cedro charta notetur,
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candida nec nigra cornua fronte geras.
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felices ornent haec instrumenta libellos;
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fortunae memorem te decet esse meae.
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nec fragili geminae poliantur pumice frontes,
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hirsutus sparsis ut videare comis,
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neve liturarum pudeat; qui viderit illas,
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de lacrimis factas sentiet [*]sentiat corr. σ
esse meis.
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vade, liber, verbisque meis loca grata saluta:
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contingam certe quo licet illa pede.
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siquis, ut in populo, nostri non inmemor illi,[*]illo
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siquis, qui, quid agam, forte requirat, erit,
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vivere me dices, salvum tamen esse negabis;
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id quoque, quod vivam, munus habere dei.
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atque ita tu tacitus—quaerenti plura legendus [*]legendum corr. Ehwald—
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ne, quae non opus est, forte loquare, cave!
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protinus admonitus repetet mea crimina lector,
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et peragar populi publicus ore reus.
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tu cave defendas, quamvis mordebere dictis;
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causa patrocinio non bona maior [*]peior σ
erit.
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invenies aliquem, qui me suspiret ademptum,
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carmina nec siccis perlegat ista genis,
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et tacitus secum, ne quis malus audiat, optet,
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sit mea lenito Caesare poena levis.
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