haud secus Oceano rediens Cythereius ignis, cum sese Veneri iactat splendore refecto, si subita invadat nubes, hebetatur et atris decrescens tenebris languentia lumina condit.
Thus the star of Venus, when it returns from Ocean and displays itself with new-spangled brightness to its mistress, grows dim if a sudden cloud comes over it, and hides its failing light, growing smaller in the darkness.
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