lynces et insolitae mirantur carbasa tigres.
[20] torva Birt; MSS. have turba.
that holds the Libyan breed, and, as he coils his tail upon the stern, a lion stretches to the prow; that single beast the labouring bark can scarce uplift; deep down below the waters is heard the roaring. Out rushes the leviathan. Neptune compares these land prodigies to his and admits that his are not their equal. So whene’er victorious Bacchus ploughs the Red Sea’s waves, Silenus sways the helm, the urgent Satyrs sweat upon their oars and the oxhide drums, smitten by the Bacchants, summon the rowers of Bromius to toil at the thwarts; ivy-wreaths deck the benches, the pliant vine entwines the mast; a drunken snake glides out upon the yardarms; lynxes run and leap along the sheets that drip with wine, and unaccustomed tigers stare in amaze at the canvas.
PANEGYRICUS DE SEXTO CONSULATU HONORII AUGUSTI
PRAEFATIO
(XXVII.)
Omnia, quae sensu volvuntur vota diurno,
pectore sopito reddit amica quies.