Heathcote William Garrod, comp. (1878–1960). The Oxford Book of Latin Verse. 1912.
Flavius Felix circa 480 A.D.To his Patron
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indolis aetheriae sidera celsa petant,
sic priscos uincant atauos clarosque parentis
exsuperent meritis saeclaque longa gerant,
sic subolis numerum transcendat turba nepotum
nobilibusque iuges gaudia tanta toris:
ne sterilem praestes indigno munere Musam,
utque soles, largus carmina nostra foue,
imperiis ut nostra tuis seruire Thalia
possit et in melius personet icta chelys.