Letter 7018: Ad Flavum
XVIII
Ad Flavum
Ad carum totiens mea pergit epistula Flavum:
sic monet officii sedula cura loqui.
nunc quoque prosaico, modo mittens carmina versu
blandior affatu debita solvit amor.
quin tibi pauca ferat, qui vult iter ire viator
nemo mihi tacite praetereundus abit,
fotus amicitiae te ut pagina saepe requirat;
et si vir desit, portitor aura placet.
attonitis animis ego per vaga nubila pendo
nullaque suscipio signa relata manu,
an tibi Charta parum peregrina merce rotatur?
non amor extorquet quod neque tempus habet,
scribere quo possis, discingat fascia fagum :
cortice dicta legi fit mihi dulce tui.
an tua Romuleum fastidit lingua susurrum?
quaeso vel Hebraicis reddito verba notis.
doctus Achaemeniis quae vis perscribito signis ,
aut magis Argolico pange canora sopho.
barbara fraxineis pingatur rhuna tabellis, .
quodque papyrus agit virgula plana valet.
pagina vel redeat perscripta dolatile Charta:
quod relegi potent, fructus amantis erit.
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