attulit hospitio pergentem ad litora Calpes extremumque diem pes dexter et hora Lyaeum, nec pigitum parvosque lares humilisque subire limina caelicolam tecti: cepere volentem fumosi postes et ritu pauperis aevi ante focos mensae; laetus nec senserat hospes advenisse deum; sed enim de more parentum grato cursabat studio instabatque senectae, donec opes festas puris nunc poma canistris composuit, nunc irriguis citus extulit hortis rorantes humore dapes.
But when Lyaeus was on his way to the shore of Calpe and the setting sun, a lucky foot and a lucky hour brought him hither as a guest; nor did the god disdain to enter the cottage and pass beneath its humble roof. The smoke-grimed door welcomed a willing guest; the meal was set, in the fashion of that simple age, in front of the hearth; nor was the happy host aware that he entertained a god; but, as his fathers used to do, he ran hither and thither with kindly zeal, tasking his failing strength. At last the feast was set'fruit in clean baskets, and dainties dripping dew which he hastened to cull from his well-watered garden.
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