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Felix nimium prior aetas
Contenta fidelibus aruis
Nec inerti perdita luxu,
Facili quae sera solebat
Ieiunia soluere glande.
Non Bacchica munera norant
Liquido confundere melle
Nec lucida uellera
Serum Tyrio miscere ueneno.
Somnos dabat herba salubres,
Potum quoque lubricus amnis,
Vmbras altissima pinus.
Nondum maris alta secabat
Nec mercibus undique lectis
Noua litora uiderat hospes.
Tunc classica saeua tacebant,