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On Easter: Poem of Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus, On Easter.
[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.]
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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?”
[2137] Revoca sursum.
[2138] Olympum; others read, “in orbem,” returning to the world.
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