anticum repetent iterum chaos omnia; mixtis
sidera sideribus concurrent: ignea pontum
astra petent: tellus extendere litora nolet,
excutietque fretum: fratri contraria Phoebe
ibit, et, oblicum bigas agitare per orbem
indignata, diem poscet sibi: totaque discors
machina divulsi turbabit foedera mundi.
To the ancient chaos all things will once again return.
Constellations on constellations will collide. The stars aflame
will fall upon the sea. The earth will refuse to only extend to her shores,
and will drive out the waves. Against her own brother,
The moon will go, resenting that she drives her pair on a covert circuit,
and she will demand the day for herself. And the whole
discordant machine will turn turbid the covenants of a world torn asunder.
~ Lucan, Pharsalia (Book 1.74-80)
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