Lucretius
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De rerum natura: Libri Sex
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1566
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Alterno tenebras, & lucem tempore gigni,
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Non erat, ut fieri posset, mirarier umquam;
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Nec diffidere, ne terras aeterna teneret
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Nox in perpetuum, detracto lumine solis:
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Sed magis illud erat curae, quod saecla ferarum
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Infestam miseris faciebant saepe quietem;
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Eiectique domo fugiebant saxea tecta
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Spumigeri suis adventu, validique leonis:
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Atque intempesta cedebant nocte paventes
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Hospitibus saevis instrata cubilia frunde.</
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Unus enim tum quisque magis deprensus eorum
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Pabula viva feris praebebat, dentibus haustus:
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Et nemora ac montis gemitu, silvasque replebat,
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Viva videns vivo sepeliri viscera busto.</
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At, quos effugium servarat; corpore adeso
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Posterius tremulas super ulcera taetra tenentes
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Palmas, horriferis accibant vocibus Orcum:
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Donicum eos vita privarant vermina saeva
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Expertis opis, ignaros quid volnera vellent.</
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At non multa virum sub signis milia ducta
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Una dies dabat exitio; nec turbida ponti
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Aequora laedebant navis ad saxa, virosque.</
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Sed temere, in cassum mare fluctibus saepe coortis
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Saevibat, leviterque minas ponebat inanis.</
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Nec poterat quemquam placidi pellacia ponti
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Subdola pellicere in fraudem ridentibus undis.</
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Improba nauigy ratio cum caeca iacebat.</
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Tum penuria deinde cibi, languentia leto
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Membra dabat; contra nunc rerum copia mersat:
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Illi imprudentes ipsi sibi saepe venenum
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