Ah genus infoelix, quid mortua templa frequentas?
Quid gelidis infers oscula imaginibus?
Ingredere in te ipsum, quoties vis templa videre;
Nos et imago sumus vivaque templa Dei.
5Nos habitat, non saxa Deus, non ligna, nec aera.
Spiritus in nobis qui viget, ampla facit.
Memphiticum Moses potuit domitare tyrannum
Pressaque servili demere colla iugo.
Phoebeas potuit Iosue retinere quadrigas
10Victor et in regem ingeminare diem.
Quid sequar et reliquos? Homo se cognovit Iesus
Esse Deum et potuit filius esse Dei.
Exanimes rursus homines hic vivere fecit,
Imperat et ventis, imperat ille mari,
15Ante oculos posuit miracula plurima rerum,
A patre testatus tradita cuncta sibi.
Non habitat templis manuum molimine factis
Omnipotens, aedes aurea verus homo.
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