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 Of revelation; and I taught them omens Hard to distinguish; and I eke defined Signs by the way, and flight of crook-claw'd birds; And which are, by their nature, fortunate, Which contrary, and what the food of each; And how among them there are mutually Loves, and societies, and enmities; The lightness of the entrails, and what hue Possessing, they contribute joy to gods— The lungs' and liver's fair variety— And having burnt fat-cover'd limbs and loins, Toward an art complex'd I led the way, And render'd clear the fiery signs, erst dark. Enough of this! What lieth underneath The bosom of the earth, the helps of man, Gold, silver, iron, copper—who can say He track'd them ere my wisdom track'd them? None! I have sure knowledge—if the boaster's part He vainly choose not. Learn in brief the whole:—