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Book 5 · lines 380–395
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380Denique tantopere inter se cum maxima mundi
381pugnent membra, pio nequaquam concita bello,
382nonne vides aliquam longi certaminis ollis
383posse dari finem, vel cum sol et vapor omnis
384omnibus epotis umoribus exsuperarint?
385quod facere intendunt, neque adhuc conata patrantur;
386tantum suppeditant amnes ultraque minantur
387omnia diluviare ex alto gurgite ponti:
388ne quiquam, quoniam verrentes aequora venti
389deminuunt radiisque retexens aetherius sol,
390et siccare prius confidunt omnia posse
391quam liquor incepti possit contingere finem.
392tantum spirantes aequo certamine bellum
393magnis de rebus cernere certant,
394cum semel interea fuerit superantior ignis
395et semel, ut fama est, umor regnarit in arvis.