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842Sed ne forte putes solo spoliata colore
843corpora prima manere, etiam secreta teporis
844sunt ac frigoris omnino calidique vaporis,
845et sonitu sterila et suco ieiuna feruntur,
846nec iaciunt ullum proprium de corpore odorem.
847sicut amaracini blandum stactaeque liquorem
848et nardi florem, nectar qui naribus halat,
849cum facere instituas, cum primis quaerere par est,
850quod licet ac possis reperire, inolentis olivi
851naturam, nullam quae mittat naribus auram,
852quam minime ut possit mixtos in corpore odores
853concoctosque suo contractans perdere viro,
854propter eandem rem debent primordia rerum
855non adhibere suum gignundis rebus odorem
856nec sonitum, quoniam nihil ab se mittere possunt,