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Un voile obscur par l'horizon épars Troublait le ciel d'une humeur survenue, Et l'air crevé d'une grêle menue Frappait à bonds les champs de toutes parts; Déjà Vulcain de ses borgnes soudars Hâtait les mains à la forge connue, Et Jupiter dans le creux d'une nue Armait sa main de l'éclair de ses dards; [Quand]1 ma nymphette, en simple vertugade Cueillant les fleurs, des rais de son œillade Essuya l'air grêleux et pluvieux, Des vents sortis remprisonna les tropes, Et fit cesser les marteaux des Cyclopes, Et de Jupin rasséréna les yeux.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 93
A gloomy fog, spread along the horizon, Troubled the sky with its unexpected mood, And the air, bursting with a light shower, Rushed upon the fields on every side; Already Vulcan with his disreputable troop Was hastily setting to work at his well-known forge, And Jupiter, in the hollow of a cloud, Was arming himself with the lightning of his bolts; When my little nymph, in simple virtue Picking flowers, with a look of her eyes Swept away the showery and rainy air, Re-imprisoned the whirling of the escaped winds, Stopped the hammers of the Cyclopes, And calmed the eyes of Jove again.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-26
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