“πάντ᾽ ἐφορᾶν καὶ πάντ᾽ ἐπακούειν” 1
Puro clarum lumine Phoebum
Melliflui canit oris Homerus:
Qui tamen intima uiscera terrae
5 Non ualet aut pelagi radiorum
Infirma perrumpere luce.
Haud sic magni conditor orbis;
Huic ex alto cuncta tuenti
Nulla terrae mole resistunt,
10 Non nox atris nubibus obstat.
Quae sint, quae fuerint ueniantque
Vno mentis cernit in ictu;
Quem, quia respicit omnia solus,
Verum possis dicere solem.
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