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Book 5 · lines 988–1003
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988Nec nimio tum plus quam nunc mortalia saecla
989dulcia linquebant lamentis lumina vitae.
990unus enim tum quisque magis deprensus eorum
991pabula viva feris praebebat, dentibus haustus,
992et nemora ac montis gemitu silvasque replebat
993viva videns vivo sepeliri viscera busto.
994at quos effugium servarat corpore adeso,
995posterius tremulas super ulcera tetra tenentes
996palmas horriferis accibant vocibus Orcum,
997donique eos vita privarant vermina saeva
998expertis opis, ignaros quid volnera vellent.
999at non multa virum sub signis milia ducta
1000una dies dabat exitio nec turbida ponti
1001aequora lidebant navis ad saxa virosque.
1002nam temere in cassum frustra mare saepe coortum
1003saevibat leviterque minas ponebat inanis,