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432Hic neque tum solis rota cerni lumine largo
433altivolans poterat nec magni sidera mundi
434nec mare nec caelum nec denique terra neque aer aër
435nec similis nostris rebus res ulla videri,
436sed nova tempestas quaedam molesque coorta.
437diffugere inde loci partes coepere paresque
438cum paribus iungi res et discludere mundum
439membraque dividere et magnas disponere partes
440omnigenis e principiis, discordia quorum
441intervalla vias conexus pondera plagas
442concursus motus turbabat proelia miscens
443propter dissimilis formas variasque figuras,
444quod non omnia sic poterant coniuncta manere
445nec motus inter sese dare convenientis,
446hoc est, a terris altum secernere caelum,
447et sorsum mare, uti secreto umore pateret,