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Book 6 · lines 121–135
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121Hoc etiam pacto tonitru concussa videntur
122omnia saepe gravi tremere et divolsa repente
123maxima dissiluisse capacis moenia mundi,
124cum subito validi venti conlecta procella
125nubibus intorsit sese conclusaque ibidem
126turbine versanti magis ac magis undique nubem
127cogit uti fiat spisso cava corpore circum,
128post ubi conminuit vis eius et impetus acer,
129tum perterricrepo sonitu dat scissa fragorem.
130nec mirum, cum plena animae vensicula parva
131saepe haud dat parvum sonitum displosa repente.
132Est etiam ratio, cum venti nubila perflant,
133ut sonitus faciant; etenim ramosa videmus
134nubila saepe modis multis atque aspera ferri;
135scilicet ut, crebram silvam cum flamina cauri