Ibis, Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D, creator; Merkel, Rudolf, 1811-1885, editor; Ehwald, Rudolf, 1847-1927, editor
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Neve minus noceant fictum execrantia nomen
Vota , minus magnos commoveantve deos :
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Illum ego devoveo , quem mens intellegit , Ibin ,
Qui scit se factis has meruisse preces .
Nulla mora est in me : peragam rata vota sacerdos .
Quisquis ades sacris , ore favete , meis ;
Quisquis ades sacris , lugubria dicite verba,
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Et fletu madidis Ibin adite genis :
Ominibusque malis pedibusque occurrite laevis,
Et nigrae vestes corpora vestra tegant !
Tu quoque , quid dubitas ferales sumere vittas ?
Iam stat , ut ipse vides , funeris ara tui .
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Pompa parata tibi est . votis mora tristibus absit :
Da iugulum cultris , hostia dira , meis .
Terra tibi fruges , amnis tibi deneget undas .
Deneget afflatus ventus et aura suos .
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Nec tibi sol calidus , nec sit tibi lucida Phoebe,
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Destituant oculos sidera clara tuos .
Nec se Vulcanus , nec se tibi praebeat aer,
Nec tibi det tellus nec tibi pontus iter .
Exul , inops erres , alienaque limina lustres ,
Exiguumque petas ore tremente cibum .
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Nec corpus querulo , nec mens vacet aegra dolore,
Noxque die gravior sit tibi , nocte dies .
Sisque miser semper , nec sis miserabilis ulli :
Gaudeat adversis femina virque tuis .
Accedat lacrimis odium , dignusque puteris ,
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Qui mala cum tuleris plurima , plura feras .
Sitque , quod est rarum , solito defecta favore
Fortunae facies invidiosa tuae .
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