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Book 1 · lines 62–77
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62Humana ante oculos foede cum vita iaceret
63in terris oppressa gravi sub religione,
64quae caput a caeli regionibus ostendebat
65horribili super aspectu mortalibus instans,
66primum Graius homo mortalis tollere contra
67est oculos ausus primusque obsistere contra;
68quem neque fama deum nec fulmina nec minitanti
69murmure compressit caelum, sed eo magis acrem
70inritat animi virtutem, effringere ut arta
71naturae primus portarum claustra cupiret.
72ergo vivida vis animi pervicit et extra
73processit longe flammantia moenia mundi
74atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque,
75unde refert nobis victor quid possit oriri,
76quid nequeat, finita potestas denique cuique
77qua nam sit ratione atque alte terminus haerens.