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Scilicet haec tenui modulata poemata cantu
Non sunt a tanto principe digna legi.
Ut tua contingunt summum fastigia coelum,
Classica sic grandi pulsa Marone petunt.
5Post tamen argutos strepitans placet anser olores,
Grataque post altas studet havena tubas,
Et lyra delectat trunco formata saligno,
Aptaque cenosis rana coaxat aquis,
Rauca nec intenso spreta est ardore cicada:
10Saepe movent magnum thura minuta Iovem.
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