PARVA metu primo : mox sese extollit in auras, 

 Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit. 



MX. iv. 176. 



A timid breath at first, a transient touch, 

 How soon it swells from little into much! 

 Runs o'er the ground, and springs into the air, 

 And fills the tempest's gloom, the lightning's glare; 

 While denser darkness than the central storm 

 Conceals the secrets of its inward form. 



