ter caput ambustum conantem attollere iacta lampade Vulcanus mersit fumantibus undis, ter correpta dei crines nudavit harundo.
Thrice he strove to lift up his scorched head, and thrice Vulcan threw a firebrand which sent him down below the steaming water; and thrice the reeds caught fire and left the gods head bare.
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