namque volans liquidis in nubibus arsit harundo signavitque viam flammis tenuisque recessit consumpta in ventos, caelo ceu saepe refixa transcurrunt crinemque volantia sidera ducunt.
For, flying amid the misty clouds, the reed caught fire, marked its path with flames, then vanished away into thin air'as often shooting stars, unfastened from the firmament, speed across the sky, their tresses streaming in their wake.