The Chalcedonian Creed - Anonymous

We, then, following the holy Fathers, all with one consent,
teach men to confess one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, 
the same perfect in Godhead and also perfect in manhood; 

Small house and quiet roof tree - Petronius Arbiter

Small house and quiet roof tree, shadowing elm,
Grapes on the vine and cherries ripening,
Red apples in the orchard, Pallas' tree
Breaking with olives, and well-watered earth,

Liber IX.V (You wish to marry) - Marcus Valerius Martialis

You wish to marry, Priscus;

I don't wonder, Paula; you are wise.

Liber VIII.LXXI (To Postumianus) - Marcus Valerius Martialis

Four pounds of silver plate in winter's season 

you sent me, Postumianus, ten years ago. 

While I hoped for a greater weight 

for gifts should stand fixed or grow 

there arrived two pounds more or less. 

Poems: I - Publius Annius Florus

I've no mind to be a Caesar,
Strolling round among the Britons,

The Quality of Life - Publius Annius Florus

Bacchus, of the vine revealer, let thy fullness aid the vine:
Send the dulcet juice aflowing which no nectar can outshine.
Grant it ever-mellowing storage lest in veins inimical
It produce a smack of roughness turned to vinegar withal.

Poems: V - Publius Annius Florus

When my young pear-trees I planted, when I planted apple-trees,
On the bark the name I gravéd of the sweetheart who is mine.

De Spectaculis.VI (That warring Mars) - Marcus Valerius Martialis

That warring Mars
served thee in arms
unconquered
suffices not, Caesar;
Venus herself too serves.

What He Said - Cempulappeyanirar

What could my mother be
to yours?

Silvae Book IV: 3 – The Via Domitiana - Publius Papinius Statius

What vast cacophony, of tough flints
And solid steel, filled stony Appia,
On the side that borders on the sea?

The end of being - Seneca

The end of being is to find out God!
And what is God? A vast almighty Power
Great and unlimited, whose potent will
Brings to achievement whatsoe'er He please.

De Spectaculis.V (That Pasiphae was mated to the Dictaean bull) - Marcus Valerius Martialis

That Pasiphae¹ was mated to the Dictaean bull², believe:
we have seen it,

Mortal Though I Be - Claudius Ptolemy

Mortal though I be, yea ephemeral, if but a moment
  I gaze up to the night’s starry domain of heaven,

De Spectaculis.IV (A crowd dangerous to peace) - Marcus Valerius Martialis

A crowd dangerous to peace
and a foe to tranquil  rest,

Roses - Publius Annius Florus

What roses have I seen come with the morn!
Scarce born they were, yet not alike in age:

Shepherd of tender youth - St. Clement of Alexandria

Shepherd of tender youth
Guiding in love and truth
  Through devious ways;
Christ our triumphant king,
We come Thy name to sing;
Hither our children bring
  Tributes of praise.

Venus' Rose-Garden - Publius Annius Florus

Venus a garden had, rose-bushes round —
Its lady's darling plot; once seen, beloved.

Poems: VIII - Publius Annius Florus

'Tis as bad possessing money as to live in penury;
Just as bad perpetual daring as perpetual modesty;

The Nine Muses - Publius Annius Florus

Clio records past ages in her prose.
Euterpe's hollow reed makes double sound.

De Spectaculis.II (Here where, rayed with stars) - Marcus Valerius Martialis

Here where, rayed with stars,
the Colossus^[1] views heaven anear,