Armati foris, arma, fossa, murus
Cingunt hoc mihi terreum involucrum,
Quod spe qua fere cunque spoliatum,
Dum est carum sibi, iam induit timorem.
5Audax spiritus intus invalescit,
Indignans grave fine contineri
Terrestri; repetens ut assolet mors
Tetri carceris esse finis aptus.
Illud, heu nimis, et timet, doletque,
10Hoc secum reputans bonum esse maius,
Si quos suggerit, explet appetitus.
Hic cuius Deus est vigor, fidesque,
Liber usque polum, volat, reditque;
Solamenque mali advehit prementis.
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