Qui nolit properare1 mori nec cogere fata[p. 352]
mollia praecipiti rumpere fila manu,
hactenus irarum mare noverit. Ecce refuso
gurgite securos obluit unda pedes.
Ecce inter virides iactatur mytilus algas
et rauco trahitur lubrica concha sinu.
Ecce recurrentes qua versat fluctus arenas,
discolor attrita calculus exit humo.
Haec quisquis calcare potest, in litore tuto
ludat et hoc solum iudicet esse mare.
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88 P.L.M.
1 nolit Oudendorp:moluit V. properare Tollius: prepare V.
Petronius Arbiter. Petronius. Michael Heseltine. London. William Heinemann. 1913.
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