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Heathcote William Garrod, comp. (1878–1960).  The Oxford Book of Latin Verse.  1912.
 
Fire and Ice
 
Petronius (d. c.A.D. 66)
 
 
ME niue candenti petiit modo Iulia. rebar
  igne carere niuem: nix tamen ignis erat.
quid niue frigidius? nostrum tamen urere pectus
  nix potuit manibus, Iulia, missa tuis.
quis locus insidiis dabitur mihi tutus amoris,        5
  frigore concreta si latet ignis aqua?
Iulia sola potes nostras exstinguere flammas:
  non niue, non glacie, sed potes igne pari.
 

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