by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c480 - 524)
Si vis celsi iura tonantis
Language: Latin
Si vis celsi iura tonantis Pura sollers cernere mente, Aspice summi culmina caeli. Illic iusto foedere rerum Veterem servant sidera pacem. Non sol rutilo concitus igne Gelidum Phoebes impedit axem Nec quae summo vertice mundi Flectit rapidos Ursa meatus, Numquam occiduo lota profundo Cetera cernens sidera mergi Cupit oceano tingere flammas. Semper vicibus temporis aequis Vesper seras nuntiat umbras Revehitque diem Lucifer almum. Sic aeternos reficit cursus Alternus amor, sic astrigeris Bellum discors exulat oris. Haec concordia temperat aequis Elementa modis, ut pugnantia Vicibus cedant umida siccis lungantque fidem frigora flammis, Pendulus ignis surgat in altum Terraeque graves pondere sidant. Isdem causis vere tepenti Spirat florifer annus odores, Aestas Cererem fervida siccat, Remeat pomis gravis autumnus, Hiemem defluus inrigat imber. Haec temperies alit ac profert Quidquid vitam spirat in orbe
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Confirmed with Boethius, ANICII MANLII SEVERINI BOETHII V.C. ET INL. EXCONS. ORD. EX MAG. OFF. PATRICII PHILOSOPHIAE CONSOLATIONIS LIBER I , Harvard University Press p372
Authorship:
- by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c480 - 524), no title, appears in De consolatione philosophiae, no. 6 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hans Henkemans (1913 - 1995), "Alternus amor", 1968, copyright © 1968 [ mixed chorus and orchestra ], from Tre aspetti d'amore, no. 3, Amsterdam: Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
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