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LIB. X. DE CULTU HORTORUM

                          tuque tuis Paphien, Cythereia, pange kalendis;
                          dum cupit et cupidae quaerit se iungere matri
                          et mater facili mollissima subiacet arvo, 195
                          ingenera; nunc sunt genitalia tempora mundi,
                          nunc amor ad coitus properat, nunc spiritus orbis
                          bacchatur Veneri stimulisque cupidinis actus
                          ipse suos adamat partus et fetibus implet.
                          Nunc pater aequoreus, nunc et regnator aquarum, 200
                          ille suam Tethyn, hic polluit Amphitriten,
                          et iam caeruleo partus enixa marito
                          utraque nunc reserat pontumque natantibus implet.
                          Maximus ipse deum posito iam fulmine fallax
                          Acrisioneos veteres imitatur amores, 205
                          inque sinus matris violento depluit imbre.
                          Nec genetrix nati nunc aspernatur amorem,
                          et patitur nexus flammata cupidine tellus.
                          Hinc maria, hinc montes, hinc totus denique mundus
                          ver agit, hinc hominum pecudum volucrumque cupido 210
                          atque amor ignescit menti saevitque medullis,
                          dum satiata Venus fecundos compleat artus,
                          et generet varias soboles semperque frequentet
                          prole nova mundum, vacuo ne torpeat aevo.
                          Sed quid ego infreno volitare per aethera cursu 215
                          passus equos audax sublimi tramite raptor?
                          Ista canit, maiore deo quem Delphica laurus
                          impulit ad rerum causas et sacra moventem
                          orgia naturae secretaque foedera caeli
                          exstimulat vatem per Dindyma casta Cybeles 220
                          perque Cithaeronem, Nyseia per iuga Bacchi,
                          per sua Parnasi, per amica silentia Musis
                          Pierii nemoris, Bacchea voce frementem