# Carmen Paschale 2.1.285-300

Sedulius, Carmen Paschale, Book 2, lines 2.1.285-2.1.300. Latin.

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Ab hac ergo pedem retro faciamus et artum
Corde petamus iter, tenuis qua semita monstrat
Ire per angustam regna ad caelestia portam.
Si cupimus vitare malum, debemus adire
Sectarique bonum: hic quia liberat, ille trucidat;
Hic alit, ille necat. nam quantum sidera terris,
Ignis aquis, lumen tenebris, concordia bellis,
Vita sepulturis, tantum bona longius absunt
Dissociata malis. dextrum quicumque necesse est
Aut laevum gradiatur iter. sed dextra bonorum
Semita conspicuos vocat in sua gaudia iustos
Inque tuos, patriarcha, sinus: at laeva malorum
Exercet poenas et ad impia tartara mittit.
Ergo agnis ovibusque Dei est haec sola voluntas
Et bona libertas: evadere torva cruenti
Ora lupi vitaque frui per pascua Christi.

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