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Book 4 · lines 1121–1135
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1121Adde quod absumunt viris pereuntque labore,
1122adde quod alterius sub nutu degitur aetas,
1123languent officia atque aegrotat fama vacillans.
1124labitur interea res et Babylonia fiunt
1125unguenta et pulchra in pedibus Sicyonia rident,
1126scilicet et grandes viridi cum luce zmaragdi
1127auro includuntur teriturque thalassina vestis
1128adsidue et Veneris sudorem exercita potat.
1129et bene parta patrum fiunt anademata, mitrae,
1130inter dum in pallam atque Alidensia Ciaque vertunt.
1131eximia veste et victu convivia, ludi,
1132pocula crebra, unguenta, coronae, serta parantur,
1133ne quiquam, quoniam medio de fonte leporum
1134surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat,
1135aut cum conscius ipse animus se forte remordet