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246Fulmina gignier e crassis alteque putandumst
247nubibus extructis; nam caelo nulla sereno
248nec leviter densis mittuntur nubibus umquam.
249nam dubio procul hoc fieri manifesta docet res;
250quod tunc per totum concrescunt aeera aeëra nubes,
251undique uti tenebras omnis Acherunta reamur
252liquisse et magnas caeli complesse cavernas,
253aeusque æusque adeo tetra nimborum nocte coorta
254inpendent atrae formidinis ora superne, ae æ
255cum commoliri tempestas fulmina coeptat.
256praeterea persaepe niger quoque per mare nimbus,
257ut picis e caelo demissum flumen, in undas
258sic cadit effertus tenebris procul et trahit atram
259fulminibus gravidam tempestatem atque procellis,
260ignibus ac ventis cum primis ipse repletus,