Excerpt from Q. Horatii Epodon Liber

Horatii Epodon

longo die bis terque mutatae dapis
inemori spectaculo,
cum promineret ore, quantum exstant aqua
suspensa mento corpora,
exsecta uti medulla et aridum iecur
amoris esset poculum,
interminato cum semel fixae cibo
intabuissent pupulae.
non defuisse masculae libidinis
Ariminensem Foliam
et otiosa credidit Neapolis
et omne vivinum oppidum,
quae sidera excantata voce Thessala
lunamque caelo deripit
hic irresectum saeva dente livido
Canidia rodens pollicem
quid dixit aut quid tacuit? 'o rebus meis
non infideles arbitrae,
Nox et Diana, quae silentium regis,
arcana cum fiunt sacra,
nunc, nunc adeste, nunc in hostiles domos
iram atque numen vertile.
formidolosis dum latent silvis ferae
dulci sopore languidae,
senem, quod omnes rideant, adulterum
latrent Suburance canes
nardo perunctum, quale non perfectius
meae laborarint manus. -
quid accidit? cur dira barbarae minus

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