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281Largus item liquidi fons luminis, aetherius sol,
282inrigat adsidue caelum candore recenti
283suppeditatque novo confestim lumine lumen.
284nam primum quicquid fulgoris disperit ei,
285quo cumque accidit. id licet hinc cognoscere possis,
286quod simul ac primum nubes succedere soli
287coepere et radios inter quasi rumpere lucis,
288extemplo inferior pars horum disperit omnis
289terraque inumbratur qua nimbi cumque feruntur;
290ut noscas splendore novo res semper egere
291et primum iactum fulgoris quemque perire
292nec ratione alia res posse in sole videri,
293perpetuo ni suppeditet lucis caput ipsum.
294quin etiam nocturna tibi, terrestria quae sunt,
295lumina, pendentes lychni claraeque coruscis