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143Tale nemus vates attraxerat inque ferarum
144concilio medius turba volucrumque sedebat.
145Ut satis impulsas temptavit pollice chordas
146et sensit varios, quamvis diversa sonarent,
147concordare modos, hoc vocem carmine movit:
148“Ab Iove, Musa parens, (cedunt Iovis omnia regno!)
149carmina nostra move! Iovis est mihi saepe potestas
150dicta prius: cecini plectro graviore Gigantas
151sparsaque Phlegraeis victricia fulmina campis:
152nunc opus est leviore lyra, puerosque canamus
153dilectos superis, inconcessisque puellas
154ignibus attonitas meruisse libidine poenam.
155Rex superum Phrygii quondam Ganymedis amore
156arsit, et inventum est aliquid, quod Iuppiter esse,
157quam quod erat, mallet. Nulla tamen alite verti