ipse favens votis solitoque decentior aër,

quamvis adsiduo noctem foedaverat imbre,

principis et solis radiis detersa removit

nubila; namque ideo pluviis turbaverat omnes 540

ante dies lunamque rudem madefecerat Auster,

ut tibi servatum scirent convexa serenum.

Omne Palatino quod pons a colle recedit

Mulvius et quantum licuit consurgere tectis,

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flowing in tortuous course between opposed mountains through dense forests of holm-oak. Then when in greeting to Father Tiber thou hast poured a libation of his waters thou art welcomed by Rome’s arches and all the magnificent buildings which line the roads of that noble city’s suburbs.