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L. J. M. COLUMELLÆ

                          Delie te Paean, et te Euhie Euhie Paean.
                          Me mea Calliope cura leviore vagantem 225
                          iam revocat parvoque iubet decurrere gyro,
                          et secum gracili conectere carmina filo,
                          quae canat inter opus Musa modulante putator
                          pendulus arbustis, holitor viridantibus hortis.
                          Quare age, quod sequitur, parvo discrimine sulci 230
                          spargantur caecis nasturcia dira colubris,
                          indomito male sana cibo quas educat alvus,
                          et satureia thymi referens thymbraeque saporem,
                          et tenero cucumis fragilique cucurbita collo.
                          Hispida ponatur cinara, quae dulcis Iaccho 235
                          potanti veniat nec Phoebo grata canenti.
                          Haec modo purpureo surgit glomerata corymbo,
                          murteolo modo crine viret deflexaque collo
                          nunc adaperta manet, nunc pinea vertice pungit,
                          nunc similis calatho spinisque minantibus horret, 240
                          pallida nonnumquam tortos imitatur acanthos.
                          Mox ubi sanguineis se floribus induit arbos
                          Punica, quae rutilo mitescit tegmine grani,
                          tempus aris satio famosaque tunc coriandra
                          nascuntur gracilique melanthia grata cumino, 245
                          et baca asparagi spinosa prosilit herba,
                          et moloche, prono sequitur quae vertice solem,
                          quaeque tuas audax imitatur, Nysie, vitis,
                          nec metuit sentis; nam vepribus improba surgens
                          achradas indomitasque bryonias alligat alnos. 250
                          Nomine tum Graio, ceu littera proxima primae
                          pangitur in cera docti mucrone magistri,
                          sic et humo pingui ferratae cuspidis ictu
                          deprimitur folio viridis, pede candida beta.