17
He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
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Verse 17. Butter. The impious may have a short-lived pleasure, but it will not give perfect satisfaction. The poets use similar expressions. Calmet.
Mella fluant illi, ferat et rubus asper amomum. Virg.
Flumina jam lactis, jam flumina nectaris ibant. Met. i.
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