Verse
Metamorphoses
Book 1, Line 5 by Henry T. Riley (English)
He commanded the plains, too, to be extended, the valleys to sink down, the woods to be clothed with green leaves, the craggy mountains to arise; and, as on the right-hand side, two Zones intersect the heavens, and as many on the left; and as there is a fifth hotter than these, so did the care of the Deity distinguish this enclosed mass of the Earth by the same number, and as many climates are marked out upon the Earth. Of these, that which is the middle one is not habitable on account of the heat; deep snow covers two of them . Between either these he placed as many more, and gave them a temperate climate, heat being mingled with cold.
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