qualis caeruleis tumido sub gurgite terror piscibus, arcani quotiens devexa profundi scrutantem delphina vident; fugit omnis in imos turba lacus viridesque metu stipantur in algas; nec prius emersi quam summa per aequora flexus emicet et visis malit certare carinis: talis agit sparsos, mediisque in fluctibus heros frena manu pariter, pariter regit arma, pedumque remigio sustentat equum; consuetaque campo fluctuat et mersas levis ungula quaerit harenas.
Such panic seizes blue fish beneath a swollen flood when they see a dolphin searching the slopes of the secret depth; the whole shoal flees into the lowest pools and crowds in terror into the green seaweed, nor do they come out before he darts in curves upon the surface and chooses rather to race the ships he has espied. So the hero drives them scattered; in mid water he guides the reins and his arms together, holding up the horse  with feet like oars; the light hoof accustomed to the plain floats, seeking the sunken sands.
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