Mtrica: Estrofa asclepiadea IV (Est compuesta por un gliconio seguido de un asclepiadeo menor):
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s mm m trm ml , m ttm s, sclr m s bn p nt t. 50 rdnd cp dn s pr v s nt lmnta t tnr nm s mnts spr rb s f rmnd std s. nsct qu rd s
h rre ngn s p r 55 vnr qu tmt, l dr d ct r s Grc ib s trch s ml s vtt lgbs l , c m pri r ptr s fd s c nsrtm sc m f llt t h spt s, 60 ndgn qu pc n m hrd prprt. sc lct mprb crscnt d vt ; tm n c rt nsc qu d smpr bst r .
Intactis 1 opulentior 2
thesauris 3 Arabum 4 et divitis 5 Indiae 6
caementis 7 licet 8 occupes 9
Tyrrhenum omne tuis et mare Apulicum, si figit 10 adamantinos 11 5 summis 12 verticibus 13 dira 14 Necessitas 15
virtutisque viam 137 deserit 138 arduae 139 ? vel nos in Capitolium 140 , 45 quo 141 clamor 142 vocat 143 et turba 144 faventium 145 , vel nos in mare 146 proximum 147
gemmas 148 et lapides 149 , aurum 150 et inutile 151 , summi 152 materiem 153 mali 154 , mittamus 155 , scelerum 156 si bene 157 paenitet 158 . 50 eradenda 159 cupidinis 160
pravi 161 sunt elementa 162 et tenerae 163 nimis 164