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MANE iam clarum reserat fenestras,
iam strepit nidis vigilax hirundo:
tu velut primam mediamque noctem,
Parmeno, dormis.
5dormiunt glires hiemem perennem,
sed cibo parcunt: tibi causa somni,
multa quod potas nimiaque tendis 1
mole saginam.
inde nec flexas sonus intrat aures
10et locum mentis sopor altus urget
nec coruscantis oculos lacessunt
fulgura lucis.
annuam quondam iuveni quietem,
noctis et lucis vicibus manentem,
15fabulae fingunt, cui Luna somnos
continuarit. [p. 14]
surge, nugator, lacerande virgis:
surge, ne longus tibi somnus, unde
non times, detur: rape membra molli,
20Parmeno, lecto.
fors et haec somnum tibi cantilena
Sapphico suadet modulata versu?
Lesbiae depelle modum quietis,
cer iambe.
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