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Book 1 · lines 1083–1098
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1083Praeterea quoniam non omnia corpora fingunt
1084in medium niti, sed terrarum atque liquoris
1085umorem ponti magnasque e montibus undas,
1086et quasi terreno quae corpore contineantur,
1087at contra tenuis exponunt aeris auras
1088et calidos simul a medio differrier ignis,
1089atque ideo totum circum tremere aethera signis
1090et solis flammam per caeli caerula pasci,
1091quod calor a medio fugiens se ibi conligat omnis,
1092nec prorsum arboribus summos frondescere ramos
1093posse, nisi a terris paulatim cuique cibatum
1094ne volucri ritu flammarum moenia mundi
1095diffugiant subito magnum per inane soluta
1096et ne cetera consimili ratione sequantur
1097neve ruant caeli tonitralia templa superne
1098terraque se pedibus raptim subducat et omnis