In caeloque deum sedes et templa locarunt,
Per caelum volvi quia nox et luna videtur,
Luna dies et nox et noctis signa severa
Noctivagaeque faces caeli flammaeque volantes.
Nubila sol imbres nix venti fulmina grando
Et rapidi fremitus et murmura magna minarum.[498]
In many passages it may be noticed how much is added to the rhythmical effect by the force or weight of the concluding line, as at iii. 870-893, by the rugged grandeur of the line,—
Urgerive superne obtritum pondere terrae,—
at ii. 569-580, by the sad and solemn movement of the close,—
Ploratus mortis comites et funeris atri,—