Book 8.407-415
At night, when only a tireless woman is awake, tending to her endless work, Vulcan arises to work at his forge.
Inde ubi prima quies medio iam noctis abactae
407
curriculo expulerat somnum, cum femina primum,
408
cui tolerare colo vitam tenuique Minerva
409
impositum, cinerem et sopitos suscitat ignes,
410
noctem addens operi, famulasque ad lumina longo
411
exercet penso, castum ut servare cubile
412
coniugis et possit parvos educere natos:
413
haud secus Ignipotens nec tempore segnior illo
414
mollibus e stratis opera ad fabrilia surgit.
415