insultate mihi, caelo regnate superbi,

ducite praeclarum Cereris de stirpe triumphum!”

Haec fatur notaeque iugis inlabitur Aetnae 330

noctivago taedas informatura labori.

Lucus erat prope flumen Acin, quod candida praefert

saepe mari pulchroque secat Galatea natatu,

densus et innexis Aetnaea cacumina ramis

qua licet usque tegens. illic posuisse cruentam 335

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and love for children; to offspring twain hast thou given birth; this was mine only child. So mayest thou ever enjoy Apollo’s locks, so mayest thou live a happier mother than I.”