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Vis amoris.
Love’s might
LXXIII.
Aligerum fulmen fregit Deus aliger, igne
Dum demonstrat uti est fortior ignis Amor.[1]
The winged god has broken the winged thunderbolt, showing that there is a fire more powerful than fire - and that is Love.
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COMMENTARIA.
Cupido Deus alatus fregit ac dissipavit vo
lans fulmen demonstrans amoris ignem quo-
vis alio igne longè superiorem esse, secundum
illud Virgilianum, Omnia vincit amor, quod
& Propertius lib. 2. sentit inquiens:
Errat qui finem vesani quaerit amoris.
Verus amor nullum novit habere modum.
1. This is a translation of Anthologia graeca 16.250.
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