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[CICERO. 48 B. C.]
How hot it is! Faint waves of heat steam up / From the burnt sand without, like threads of glass, / Blurring the vision. In the dark, cool rooms / Within, all are asleep, and not a sound / Breaks the tense stillness. Why should I not sleep?