Epigraph for Book, Take Two

Ō lectūre meum, censor rĕvĕrende, lĭbellum

            tūque, Ō quī carpens summa lĕgēs cĕlĕre:

Sit dĭgĭtus quamvīs fŏlĭa in volvenda părātus,

            Attămen hōs, quaesō, noscĭte versĭcŭlōs.      

Ēn, quī tot mentēs, quī tanta vŏlūmina mensus

            scripsĕrăt hunc tandem – pignĕra docta! – tŏmum.

At mea CLAVDIA sīc, sīc fātur ŎLĪVĬA fortis:

            “DOCTRĪNĀ noster plūra subēgit AMOR.”

Epigraph for Book, First Four Verses

Ō lectūre meum, censor rĕvĕrende, volūmen

            tūque, Ō quī carpens summa legēs celere:

Sit digitus quamvīs folia in volvenda parātus,

            Attamen hōs, quaesō, noscite versiculōs.

Effigies Glaciei Edulis

Haec glăcĭes quamquam pŏsĭta est ardente călōre

rōbur ceu dūrum, permănĕt usque tămen.