{"id":1019,"date":"2026-09-28T19:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2026-11-08T18:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T18:36:37","slug":"poema-latina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tseliot.com\/noctes\/poema-latina\/","title":{"rendered":"Poema Latina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Poema Latina<\/h1>\n

\u201cThere Webs were spread of more than common size <\/em><\/p>\n

And half-starv\u2019d Spiders prey\u2019d on halfstarv\u2019d Flies.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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The Prophecy of Famine.1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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Tarantula tarantul\u00e6<\/p>\n

(Tzing boom)<\/p>\n

Tarantulae tarantularum<\/p>\n

(Tzing boom)2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Auctores insidiarum<\/p>\n

Spoliatores muscarum<\/p>\n

Magistri in hoco poco<\/p>\n

Latitantes bino loco<\/p>\n

Horrendissimis dapibus<\/p>\n

Quibus nihil non est cibus<\/p>\n

Nisi volucer impavidus<\/p>\n

Genuina arte gravidus<\/p>\n

Cuius caput pensa fulgens<\/p>\n

Neque crinibus indulgens<\/p>\n

Quasi sol in mesembrino<\/p>\n

Apparens in bino bino<\/p>\n

(Silet metuendum nomen)<\/p>\n

Minax est arachnis omen<\/p>\n

Ex quo discite puell\u00e6<\/p>\n

Pueri tarantulell\u00e6<\/p>\n

Et linguis favete dum vir<\/p>\n

Ipse supremus triumvir<\/p>\n

Voces emittit sonoras<\/p>\n

Et nocturnas captat horas<\/p>\n

Sic et modo sic istorum<\/p>\n

Sit licentia susussorum<\/p>\n

Vobis vilium quod fabro<\/p>\n

Datur imperium in scabro<\/p>\n

Audivistis verbum clarum<\/p>\n

Nunc est tempus harum scarum<\/p>\n

Omnium tarantularum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

[Geoffrey Faber]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nNotes<\/summary>\n
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  1. 1.<\/a>\n

    See the political satire by Charles Churchill (1731\u201364), The Prophecy of Famine: A Scots Pastoral<\/em> (1763), vol. 2, ll. 323\u20134:<\/p>\n

    There webs were spread of more than common size,<\/p>

    And half-starved spiders prey\u2019d on half-starved flies<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n

  2. 2.<\/a>\n

    The \u2018Entrance and March of Peers\u2019 \u2013 in the comic opera Iolanthe<\/em> (1882) by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan \u2013 includes this section for the tenors:<\/p>\n

    Loudly let the trumpet bray,<\/p>

    Tantantara, tantantara!<\/p>

    Proudly bang the sounding brasses,<\/p><\/div>\n

    As upon its lordly way<\/p>

    This unique procession passes.<\/p>

    Tantantara, tantara!<\/p><\/div>\n

    Tantara, tantara, tantara,<\/p><\/div>\n

    Tantara, tantara,<\/p>

    Tzing, boom!<\/p><\/div>\n

    Bow, bow, ye lower middle classes!<\/p>

    Bow, bow, ye tradesmen, bow, ye masses,<\/p>

    Blow the trumpets, bang the brasses,<\/p>

    Tantantara! Tzing, boom!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/details>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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