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NONNUS. Dionysiac. xli. 275. 



Along the skiey arch the goddess trode, 

 And sought Harmonia's august abode; 

 The universal plan, the mystic four, 

 Defines the figure of the palace-floor. 

 Solid and square the ancient fabric stands, 

 Raised by the labours of unnumbered hands. 



