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On Easter: Poem of Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus, On Easter.
[2110] Fœtu: others read “cultu.”
[2111] Cum bene vernales reddidit annus opes. Another reading is, “cum bene vernarit; reddit et annus opes.”
[2112] Herbis
[2113] Stellantia lumina florum.
[2114] Floribus; another reading is, “arridentque oculis.”
[2115] Late; others read, “lactens,” juicy.
[2116] Foliorum crine revulso; others read, “refuso.”
[2117] Siler, supposed to be the osier, but the notices of the tree are too scanty to enable us to identify it. See Conington, Virg. Georg., ii. 12.
[2118] Suis attemperat organa cannis. “Canna” seems to be used for “gutturis canna,” the windpipe; “organum,” often used for a musical instrument.
[2119] Favent.
[2120] Toto venerabilis ævo. [Rev. i. 10. Easter in Patmos, I suppose.]
[2121] ::blank::
Mobilitas anni, mensum, lux alma dierum
Horarum splendor, stridula cuncta favent.
There are great variations in the readings of this passage. Some read
“Nobilitas anni, mensum decus, alma dierum,
Horarum splendor, scriptula, puncta fovent.”
[2122] Nimio; another reading is, “minimus,”
[2123] Irrecitabiliter.
[2124] Principe.
[2125] Æthera.
[2126] Quo moderante; others read, “quæ moderata.”
[2127] Profundo.
[2128] Cum corpore; others read, “nostro e corpore nasci.”
[2129] Pateris vitæ auctor; others have “patris novas auctor.”
[2130] Intras; others, “intra.”
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