# Carmen Paschale 3.1.327-359

Sedulius, Carmen Paschale, Book 3, lines 3.1.327-3.1.359. Latin.

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Scilicet ingenium teneri sectemur ut aevi
Non annis, sed mente iubet, quia mollior aetas
Nil pompae mundalis amat, non ambit honorem,
Nec resupina tumet: sic purae semita vitae
Quantum prona solo, tantum fit proxima caelo.
Mens etenim vergens altum petit altaque vergit,
Inferiorque gradus quo vult discendere surgit.
Ecce humilem Dominus de stercore tollit egentem
Et facit egregios inter residere tyrannos:
At contra tumidum pugnaci mente rebellem
Praecipitem caelo sub tartara iussit abire.
Parva loquor si facta Dei per singula curram
Et speciale bonum, cum sit generale revolvam.

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