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1Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas,
2alma Venus, caeli subter labentia signa
3quae mare navigerum, quae terras frugiferentis
4concelebras, per te quoniam genus omne animantum
5concipitur visitque exortum lumina solis:
6te, dea, te fugiunt venti, te nubila caeli
7adventumque tuum, tibi suavis daedala tellus
8summittit flores, tibi rident aequora ponti
9placatumque nitet diffuso lumine caelum.
10nam simul ac species patefactast verna diei
11et reserata viget genitabilis aura favoni,
12aeriae primum volucris te, diva, tuumque
13significant initum perculsae corda tua vi.
14inde ferae pecudes persultant pabula laeta
15et rapidos tranant amnis: ita capta lepore