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On Easter: Poem of Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus, On Easter.
[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.”
[2131] Luminis ore.
[2132] Æternæ; another reading is “et tetræ.”
[2133] Pollicitam; others have “sollicitam.”
[2134] Pretium mundi.
[2135] Rupe vetante.
[2136] Pugillo. Thus Prov. xxx. 4: “Who hath gathered the wind in His fists?”
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