[21] Perge, au/de, nate! inla/crima1 patris pe/stibus,
Misere/re: gentes2 no/stras flebunt mi/serias.
Heu, vi/rginalem me o/re ploratum e/dere,
Quem vi/dit nemo ulli i/ngemescente/m3 malo!4
Ecfe/minata5 vi/rtus adflicta o/ccidit.
Acce/de, nate, adsi/ste, miserandum a/spice
Evi/sceratum co/rpus lacerati/6 patris!
Vide/te, cuncti, tu/que, caelestu/m7 sator,
Iace, o/bsecro, in me vi/m coruscam8 fu/lminis!
Nunc, nu/nc dolorum9 anxi/feri10 torquent ve/rtices,
Nunc se/rpit ardor. o a/nte victrice/s manus,
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Tusculanae Disputationes. M. Tullius Cicero. M. Pohlenz. Leipzig. Teubner. 1918.
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