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Nec nimio tum plus quam nunc mortalia saecla
dulcia linquebant lamentis lumina vitae.
990unus enim tum quisque magis deprensus eorum
pabula viva feris praebebat, dentibus haustus,
et nemora ac montis gemitu silvasque replebat
viva videns vivo sepeliri viscera busto.
at quos effugium servarat corpore adeso,
995posterius tremulas super ulcera tetra tenentes
palmas horriferis accibant vocibus Orcum,
donique eos vita privarant vermina saeva
expertis opis, ignaros quid volnera vellent.
at non multa virum sub signis milia ducta
1000una dies dabat exitio nec turbida ponti
aequora lidebant navis ad saxa virosque.
nam temere in cassum frustra mare saepe coortum
saevibat leviterque minas ponebat inanis,
nec poterat quemquam placidi pellacia ponti
1005subdola pellicere in fraudem ridentibus undis.
improba navigii ratio tum caeca iacebat.
tum penuria deinde cibi languentia leto
membra dabat, contra nunc rerum copia mersat.
illi inprudentes ipsi sibi saepe venenum
1010vergebant, nunc dant aliis sollertius ipsi.
Lucretius. De Rerum Natura.
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