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In the second Punic war with winged flight
The Muse to Romulus’ warrior nation came.

— Porcius Licinus

Poenico bello secundo Musa pinnato gradu
Intulit se bellicosam in Romuli gentem feram.

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O shepherds of the lambs, the ewes’ young brood,
Seek ye for fire? Come hither; man is fire.
Touch I the wood with finger-tip, it burns;
Your flock’s a flame, all I behold is fire.

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