Note 6 — Chapter IV · POETIC, OLD AND NEW (FIFTH TO SEVENTH CENTURIES)
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Heu quam præcipiti mersa profundo Mens hebet et propria luce relicta Tendit in externas ire tenebras, Terrenis quotiens flatibus aucta Crescit in immensum noxia cura. I, Metr. ii. 1-5.