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Poem of the Day: N.Paul.Intro.Trop

  1. Caelica suspirans uas Christi gaudia, Paulus
  2. optabat fragilem carnem deponere, dicens *scio cui credidi*
  3. Est mihi namque mori lucrum
  4. est mihi uiuere Christus *quia potens est*
  5. Atque meos saluare greges a morte perenni: *in illum diem*

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Word Form of the Day: forhicge

Number of occurrences in corpus: 1

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Metre of the Day

Riddles 66 1a

Bliss
Scansion: xxSx
Type: a1b
Sievers
Scansion: xx / x
Type: A3

Syntax: ivA
Light Verse

Places with this scansion (bliss)

Other places with this scansion (sievers)

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