Hic patris Aeneae suspensam blanda vicissim
gaudia pertemptant mentem: iubet ocius omnes
attolli malos, intendi brachia velis.
830Una omnes fecere pedem pariterque sinistros,
nunc dextros solvere sinus; una ardua torquent
cornua detorquentque; ferunt sua flamina classem.
Princeps ante omnes densum Palinurus agebat
agmen; ad hunc alii cursum contendere iussi.
835Iamque fere mediam caeli Nox humida metam
contigerat; placida laxabant membra quiete
sub remis fusi per dura sedilia nautae:
cum levis aetheriis delapsus Somnus ab astris
aëra dimovit tenebrosum et dispulit umbras,
840te, Palinure, petens, tibi somnia tristia portans
insonti; puppique deus consedit in alta,
Phorbanti similis, funditque has ore loquelas:
“Iaside Palinure, ferunt ipsa aequora classem;
aequatae spirant aurae; datur hora quieti.
845Pone caput, fessosque oculos furare labori:
ipse ego paulisper pro te tua munera inibo.”
Cui vix attollens Palinurus lumina fatur:
“Mene salis placidi voltum fluctusque quietos
ignorare iubes? Mene huic confidere monstro?
850Aenean credam quid enim fallacibus auris
et caelo, totiens deceptus fraude sereni?”
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