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Book 2 · lines 1–15
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1Regia Solis erat sublimibus alta columnis,
2clara micante auro flammasque imitante pyropo:
3cuius ebur nitidum fastigia summa tegebat,
4argenti bifores radiabant lumine valvae.
5Materiam superabat opus: nam Mulciber illic
6aequora caelarat medias cingentia terras,
7terrarumque orbem, caelumque quod inminet orbi.
8Caeruleos habet unda deos, Tritona canorum
9Proteaque ambiguum, balaenarumque prementem
10Aegaeona suis inmania terga lacertis,
11Doridaque et natas, quarum pars nare videtur,
12pars in mole sedens virides siccare capillos,
13pisce vehi quaedam: facies non omnibus una,
14non diversa tamen, qualem decet esse sororum.
15Terra viros urbesque gerit silvasque ferasque