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Vnde opus egregium uenisti? E pectore diuum
Arbitror, humanae nam nihil mortis habes.
Sunt diuini in te sensus: diuinaque uerba.
In lachrymas etiam saxea corda moues.
5Fastidire facis nos haec mortalia tecta:
Et superos tantum cogis adire sinus.
Thraicius uates mirabitur atque Sophocles:
Schemate tam pulchro religiosa canis,
Vade igitur, miseras coenoso e crimine mentes
10Ad nitidas Christi coge uenire domos.
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