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652Signa tubae dederant, cum carcere pronus uterque
653emicat et summam celeri pede libat harenam.
654Posse putes illos sicco freta radere passu
655et segetis canae stantes percurrere aristas.
656Adiciunt animos iuveni clamorque favorque
657verbaque dicentum: “Nunc, nunc incumbere tempus!
658Hippomene, propera! nunc viribus utere totis!
659pelle moram, vinces!” Dubium, Megareius heros
660gaudeat, an virgo magis his Schoeneia dictis.
661O quotiens, cum iam posset transire, morata est
662spectatosque diu vultus invita reliquit!
663Aridus e lasso veniebat anhelitus ore,
664metaque erat longe. Tum denique de tribus unum
665fetibus arboreis proles Neptunia misit.
666Obstipuit virgo, nitidique cupidine pomi