# Poems of 1795 saepe

Landor, Poems of 1795, Poem saepe. Latin.

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XIII
Saepe iussisti quid in his opinor
Rebus, O tibi mitteretur
Sedulo, donec violare pacem
Purpura cesset.
Aureus donis rabidos tyrannos
Burcus ad coelum tulit, at querelas
Temnit infestas venientis aevi,
Temnit honores.
Quam potest aurum! male dehonestat
Propter hoc, priscumque genus Senator
Seque, nec canos meminit capillos
Morte minari.
Ore quam torvo inspicient parentes
Pallidum fortes, ubi mistus umbris
Umbra! per dura tenebrosa Ditis
Regna vagatur.
Aeacus nullâ reticet loquelâ;
Nec iacet torpens veluti videtur
Bos, sub aestivi medio diei,
Stratus in herbâ.
Ecce! fatalem quatit aequus urnam;
Ecce quam circum miseri ministri.
Stant! silet totum nisi quod revolvis
Sisyphe! saxum:
Et procul stridor resonat rotarum
Raptus Ixion ubi, tot per annos,
Flevit, et flebit, nimium petisse
Improba vota.

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