Lucretius, De rerum natura: Libri Sex (Vol. I, Text), 1893

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              umor item quondam coepit superare coortus,
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              ut fama est, hominum multas quando obruit urbis.</s>
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              <s id="s.001264">inde ubi vis aliqua ratione aversa recessit,
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              ex infinito fuerat quaecumque coorta,
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              constiterunt imbres et flumina vim minuerunt.
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              <s id="s.001265">Sed quibus ille modis coniectus materiai
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              fundarit terram et caelum pontique profunda,
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              solis lunai cursus, ex ordine ponam. </s>
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              nam certe neque consilio primordia rerum
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              ordine se suo quaeque sagaci mente locarunt
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              nec quos quaeque darent motus pepigere profecto,
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              sed quia multa modis multis primordia rerum
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              ex infinito iam tempore percita plagis
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              ponderibusque suis consuerunt concita ferri
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              omnimodisque coire atque omnia pertemptare,
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              quaecumque inter se possent congressa creare,
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              propterea fit uti magnum volgata per aevom
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              omne genus coetus et motus experiundo
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              tandem conveniant ea quae convecta repente
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              magnarum rerum fiunt exordia saepe,
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              terrai maris et caeli generisque animantum.</s>
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              <s id="s.001268">Hic neque tum solis rota cerni lumine largo
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              altivolans poterat nec magni sidera mundi
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              nec mare nec caelum nec denique terra neque aer
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              nec similis nostris rebus res ulla videri,
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              sed nova tempestas quaedam molesque coorta
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              omne genus de principiis, discordia quorum
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              intervalla vias conexus pondera plagas
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              concursus motus turbabat proelia miscens,
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