bina mihi positis lucent altaria flammis, ad duo templa precor duplici circumdatus aestu carminis et rerum: certa cum lege canentem mundus et immenso vatem circumstrepit orbe vixque soluta suis immittit verba figuris.
Two altars with flame kindled upon them shine before me; at two shrines I make my prayer, beset with a twofold passion, for my song and for its theme. The poet must sing to a fixed measure, and the vast celestial sphere rings in his ears besides, scarce allowing even words of prose to be fitted to their proper phrasing.
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