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Carmlne, quod grata devlncit compede DIvos, 15
Blandus honos Musarum, et Apollinis alma voluptas.
Sed quos infesto aspexit Saturnius ore
Terga super terrie, aut late spumantla ponti
Cffiriila, ηυη uUa poleris mulcere camenze
Blanditia: non. saeva jacet qul Tartara subter, 20
Dis formidatiim centena mole Typhoea;
Ohm quem Cilicum notae gemiere cavernae,
At nunc Cumarum resonantia litora fluctu
Oceani, hirsutiimque preinit Trinacria pectus.
Mole sub aeria rupes ^tnaea jacentem 25
Continet, aeternae nutrix asperrima brumce;
Cujus inaccessis prorumpens flamma cavernis
Ejicitur, pureque fluii liquidissimus ignis.
Sub sole eriictant fulvae fuliginis undas
Ardentes fluvii; qui saepe silentibus umbris, 30
Saxea flaminato torquentes pondera fluctu,
Cum strepitu liorrisoni volviintur in aequora poiUi.
Scilicet hos ignis strldentes concoquit icstus
Prodigium deforme, ingens ; quod sa;pe viafor
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