Omnia quae miseras possunt finire querellas,
in promptu voluit candidus esse deus.
Vile holus et duris haerentia mora rubetis
pungentis1 stomachi composuere famem.
Flumine vicino stultus sitit, et riget2 euro
cum calidus tepido consonat igne focus3.
Lex armata sedet circum fera limina nuptae:
nil metuit licito fusa puella toro.
Quod satiare potest dives natura ministrat;
quod docet infrenis4 gloria fine caret.
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Petronius Arbiter. Petronius. Michael Heseltine. London. William Heinemann. 1913.
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