Aubade Hours before dawn we were woken by the quake. My house was on a cliff. The thing could take Bookloads off shelves, break bottles in a row. Then the long pause and then the bigger shake. It seemed the best thing to be up and go. And far too large for my feet to step by. I hoped that various buildings were brought low. The heart of standing is you cannot fly.
Breve ode anacreontica strutturalmente identica a Pianto antico, San Martino, che compare nel terzo libro delle Rime nuove, è uno dei testi più noti di
C. Springer. Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Torontonensis. Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies, Toronto 8 August to 13 August 1988, page 739-746. Binghamton, NY, SUNY-Binghamton Press, (1991)