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IX

Ex alto venio longa delapsa ruina;
De caelo cecidi medias si missa per auras,
Excipit ecce sinus, qui me simul ipse recepit.

Peck:

I come from heights afar, by headlong ruin spent,
From heaven I'm despatched, if through the air I'm sent,
And me the earth receives from whom, at first, I went.

Ohl:

From on high I come in prolonged downpour fallen; from heaven I have dropped, passed through mid‑air; but earth's bosom has taken me in, as soon as it has retaken me.

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