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278 GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE II -VivQiV i&forff π 470-502 Translate into English Blank Verse Me vero primum dulces ante omnia Musae Quarum sacra fero ingenti percussus amore Adcipiant caelique vias et sidera monstrent Defectus solis varios luiueque labores Unde tremor terris qua vi maria aha tuinescant Objicibus ruptis rursusque in se ipsa residant Quid tantum Oceano properent se tinguere soles Hiberni vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet Sin has ne possim Naturae adcedere partes Frigidus obstiterit circuin praecordia sanguis Km inihi et rigui placeant in vallibus amnes Flumina amem silvasque inglorius υ ubi campi Spercheosque et virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta qui me gelidis in vallibus Ikemi Sistat et ingenti ranioruin protegat umbra Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere caussas Atque metus omnis et inexorabile fatuin Subjecit pedibus strepitumque Acherontis avari Fortunatus et ille deos qui novit agrestis Fanaque Silvanumque senem Nymphasque sorores Ilium non populi fasces non purpura regum Flexit et infidos agitans discordia fratres Aut conjurato descendens Uacus ah Istro Non res Romans perituraque regna neque ille Aut dohtit miserans inopem aut invidit habeuti Quos rami truetus quos ipsa volentia rura Sponte tulere sua carpsit nec ferrea jura Insanumque forum aut populi tabularia vidit Sacra fero Explain these words and show with what propriety they are here used by the poet What is the force of the word percussus What metaphor does the poet seem to have had more especially in view How do you explain cieli vias For what word is cteli