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Book 4 · lines 447–462
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447At si forte oculo manus uni subdita supter
448pressit eum, quodam sensu fit uti videantur
449omnia quae tuimur fieri tum bina tuendo,
450bina lucernarum florentia lumina flammis
451binaque per totas aedis geminare supellex
452et duplicis hominum facies et corpora bina.
453Denique cum suavi devinxit membra sopore
454somnus et in summa corpus iacet omne quiete,
455tum vigilare tamen nobis et membra movere
456nostra videmur, et in noctis caligine caeca
457cernere censemus solem lumenque diurnum,
458conclusoque loco caelum mare flumina montis
459mutare et campos pedibus transire videmur,
460et sonitus audire, severa silentia noctis
461undique cum constent, et reddere dicta tacentes.
462Cetera de genere hoc mirande multa videmus,