Vatem aspicies quae rupe sub alta 



Fata canit, foliisque notas et noniina mandat. 

 Qujecunque in foliis descripsit carinina virgo 

 Digerit in numerum atque antro seclusa relinquit 

 Ilia manent immorta locis neque ab ordine cedunt. 



VIRGIL. JEn. iii. 



Behold the Sibyl ! Her who weaves a long, 



A tangled, full, yet sweetly flowing song. 



Wondrous her skill ; for leaf on leaf she frames 



Unerring symbols and enduring names ; 



And as her nicely measured line she binds, 



For leaf on leaf a fitting place she finds ; 



Their place once found, no more the leaves depart, 



But fixed rest : such is her magic art. 



