See cantus on Wiktionary
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"ref": "c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgics 3.327–330",
"text": "Inde, ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora,\nEt cantu quaerulae rumpent arbusta cicadae,\nAd puteos aut alta greges ad stagna jubebo\ncurrentem ilignis potare canalibus undam;\n[…]\nTranslation by James B. Greenough, 1900\nWhen heaven's fourth hour draws on the thickening drought,\nAnd shrill cicalas pierce the brake with song,\nThen at the well-springs bid them, or deep pools,\nFrom troughs of holm-oak quaff the running wave:\n[…]",
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