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Mid such guerdons of the spring-time, mid its jewelled coronets,
Shone the queen of all the perfumes, Star that loveliest colours shows,
Golden flame of fair Dione, passing every flower—the rose.

Inter ista dona veris gemmeasque gratias
omnium regina odorum vel colorum Lucifer
auriflora praeminebat, flamma, Diones, rosa.

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