Est mihi corporeae species aptissima formae, Quae fore terrigenûm nulli onerosa quaeat; Vixetenim digitos numerat mensura quaternos, Formula qua constat corporis arta mei. Unde dei templis fas est mihi ponere nidos Inque hominum pullos aede fovere meos. | I have a body of a very suitable shape, with which I cannot be a burden to anyone on earth. After all, it’s only barely four fingers long; that is what my delicate physique consists of. That’s why I can build nests in churches and in the houses of men for my boy care. |
Stanza 1, Latin poem by Radboud of Utrecht, ca A.D. 870. The poem might be a writing exercise for school and oldest known poem from the Netherlands https://nl.wikisource.org/wiki/De_hirundin