Roscida iam novies caelo dimiserat astra Lucifer et totidem Lunae praevenerat ignes mutato nocturnus equo (nec conscia fallit sidera et alterno deprenditur unus in ortu): mirum opus accelerasse manus! stat saxea moles, templum ingens cineri, rerumque effictus in illa.
Hardly does their duty yield to tardy darkness. Nine times now had Lucifer dismissed the dewy stars from the sky and as often nocturnal on his changed horse had he heralded the lunar fire'nor does he deceive the stars; they know, and in his alternate rising detect him as one.  Twas a marvel how swiftly the work was done.
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