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Book 15 · lines 622–636
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622Pandite nunc, Musae, praesentia numina vatum
623(scitis enim, nec vos fallit spatiosa vetustas,)
624unde Coroniden circumflua Thybridis alti
625insula Romuleae sacris adiecerit urbis.
626Dira lues quondam Latias vitiaverat auras,
627pallidaque exsangui squalebant corpora morbo.
628Funeribus fessi postquam mortalia cernunt
629temptamenta nihil, nihil artes posse medentum,
630auxilium caeleste petunt mediamque tenentes
631orbis humum Delphos adeunt, oracula Phoebi,
632utque salutifera miseris succurrere rebus
633sorte velit tantaeque urbis mala finiat, orant:
634et locus et laurus et, quas habet ipse, pharetras
635intremuere simul, cortinaque reddidit imo
636hanc adyto vocem pavefactaque pectora movit: