coitus fuit inpar utrique: nec terrestre deam decuit mortalis obire coniugium, nec caelicolam descendere ephebum virginis ad vitium furtivoque igne calere.
It was an unequal match for both, for it became not a goddess to submit to earthly wedlock with a mortal, nor a swain from heaven to come down to ravish a girl or to burn with a stealthy passion.
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