[cras]1 erit quo primus Aether copulavit nuptias,
[ut]2 pater totum [crearet]3 vernis annum nubibus :
in sinum maritus imber fluxit almae coniugis,
unde fetus mixtus omnes aleret magno corpore.
ipsa venas atque mentem permeanti spiritu
intus occultis gubernat procreatrix viribus ;
perque caelum perque terras perque pontum subditum
pervium sui tenorem [seminali]4 tramite
imbuit iussitque mundum nosse nascendi vias.

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Confirmed with Catullus, Tibullus, Pervigilium Veneris, Loeb Classical Library 6, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000, Pages 354-356.

¹ Lloyd: "et recentibus virentes ducit umbras floribus./ cras"
² Lloyd: "et"
³ Lloyd: "creavit"
⁴ Lloyd: "seminale"

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by George Lloyd (1913 - 1998), no title, 1978-80 [ soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra ], from Pervigilium Veneris, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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