mox subitum nemus atque annoso robore lucus exiluit; qualesque premunt nunc sidera quercus, a prima venere die; prisco inde pavore arbor numen habet coliturque tepentibus aris.
Later, trees sprang suddenly from the earth, and a grove of ancient oaks; and, as the branches now reach the skies, so they grew on their first day. Hence the grove is sacred and awful from ancient times, and is worshipped with steaming altars.
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