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XV - De grue et pavone
Saeculo IV

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 [DE GRUE ET PAVONE]

Threiciam volucrem fertur Iunonius ales
Communi sociam conteruisse cibo;
Namque inter varias fuerat discordia formas,
Magnaque de facili iurgia lite trahunt,
Quod sibi multimodo fulgerent membra decore,
Caeruleam facerent livida terga gruem;
Et simul erectae circumdans tegmina caudae,
Sparserat archamum sursus in astra iubar.
Illa licet nullo pennarum certet honore,
His tamen insultans vocibus usa datur:
Quamvis innumerus plumas variaverit ordo,
Mersus humi semper florida terga geris:
Ast ego deformi sublimis in aera penna,
Proxima sideribus numinibusque feror.

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