# Anticlaudianus 1.4339-4486

Alanus de Insulis, Anticlaudianus, Lines 1.4339-1.4486. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/alanus-de-insulis/anticlaudianus/1.4339

Jam ratis, euadens Scillam monstrumque Caribdis,
Ad portum transquilla meat, jam littore gaudet
Nauita, iam metam cursor tenet, anchora portum.
Nauta tamen tremebundus adhuc post equoris estum
Terrenos timet insultus, ne tutus in undis
Naufragus in terra pereat, ne liuor in illum
Seuiat aut morsus detractio figat in illo
Qui iam scribendi studium pondusque laboris
Exhausit, proprio concludens fine laborem.
Si tamen ad presens fundit sua murmura liuor,
Et famam delere cupit laudesque poete
Supplantare nouas, saltem post fata silebit.
Explicit Anticlaudianus Alani de Antirufino.

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