THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO

234 P- OVIDII NASONIS LIEER HI.
Exigua prohibemur aqua. Cupit ipse teneri:
Nam quoties liquidis porreximus oscula lymphis; 50
Hie toties ad me resupino nititur ore.
Posse putes tangi: minimum est quod amantibus obstat'
Quisquis es, hue exi. Quid me, puer unice, fallis;
Quove pctitus abis? Ccrle nee forma, nee setas
Est mea, quam fugias: etamaruntmequoquenymphce. 55
Spem ruihi, nescio quam, vultu promittis amico:
Cumque ego porrexi tibi brachia, porrigis ultro;
Chm risi, arridcs. Lacryrnas quoque sospe notavi,
Me lacryniante, tuas. Nutu quoque signa remittis:
Et, quantum niotu formosi suspic'or oris, CO
Verba refers aures non pervenientia nostras.
In te ego sum, sensi: nee me mea fallit imago.
Uror amore mei: flanuuas moveoque feroque.
Quid faciain ? Roger, anne rogem ? quid deinde rogabo ?
Quod cupio, mecum est; inopem me copia fecit. Co
O utinam nostro secedere corpore possem !
Votum in amante novum; vellem, quod amamus, abesset.
Jamqne dolor vires adimit; nee tempera vitse
Longa mem superanl; primoque extinguor in sevo.
Nee mihi mors gravis est positu.ro morte dolores. 70
Hie, qui diligitur, vellem diuturnior csset.
Nunc duo Concordes aniina moriemur in una.
Dixit, et ad faciem red/it male sanus eandcm;
Et lacrymis turbavit aquas: obscuraque moto
NOT^E.
CO. Et quantum sus-
picor niotu formosi
oris, refers verba non
perveniemia ad 1108-
tras aures.
72 Nunc duo c-oll-
cordcs _ moriemur in
Una ultima.
49. Prohibemur: we are kep! asunder;
we are separated.
67. Votum novum. Lovers like to be
near those whom they love; Narcissus
49. Ti nci i: to be taken; to be embraced. would be absent.
51. Besupino ore: with mouth turned up
ward.
69. Primor/?ie extinguor: I am carried
off in my early age ; I am extinguished in
53. Pner unice: O matchless boy. the bloom of youth.
54. Cerle me forma. Corydon, in like
manner, is described by Virgil as praising
He cometli forth like a flo\vi-r. ami is cut
down: he flecth also as a sliadow, mid contihis
form to Alexis, after contemplating his nueth not. JOB xiv. 2.
image in the waier:
71. Vellem diuturnior. Horace, ii like
Nee sum adeo informis : nnpcr me in litore vidi,
Cflm pl;u:iiluni Venn's staret mare; non ego
manner, expresses for Chloe a love 30 ar-
Daplmim,
dfcut that he would even die for her:
Judice tc, mctuarn, si nunquam fallal imago. Me Cliloe now possesses whole.
ECLOG. ii. Her voice and lyre corr.mands my soul;
55. IfympluB. Echo and other nymphs of
For whom I'll gladly die, to ssive
Her dearer heauues from the grave.
the mountains and streams.
OD. ix. Uli i.
60. Motu oris. He suspects, by the mo
tion of his lips, that the youth in I lie foun
72. Concordes in anima una: u nited in
tain is talking to him.
one life. The two, in this cuse, hud but
one life or soul. Affection unites lovers
61. A ures non pervenientia. . Supply ad. .
C2. —. Ifrr _. „.. ee .,.- mr me .....t. ,nrn mra. nc H« He uiaixjvui: -li. discovers .1 that it -' ' and friends so intimately, that it is said
is
his shadow which interests him.
they have but one soul.
63. Flaminas maneo it fero: I excite and _Nam ego sensi animarn menm et animain
bear Ihe flame.
tllius uiiain fuisse anitmtm in cluohus corporibiis
P. AUGUSTS CUXFERS JUb. iv.
64. flozer. anne rozem ? The use of the Et serves animte dimidium mere HORACE.
verb here is like I hat of prtibal and probatur,
73. J\lale sanus: hardly sane. Con
petit and prlitur, lines 25 and 2C. scious
scious
ol
of
his
his
own
own
ii
infatuation,
65. Copia. Too much plenty had made not break the spell
, he vet could
nt ^ ___|, 4L_ _. 1, n «"
him poor.
So Terence :
Kt illam scelesuiTi esse, et me miserum sentio
Si cuperes alium, posses, Narcisse, potiri. Kt tccitet: et amore ardeo ; ct prudens, sciens,
K'.lric tibi alnoris adest copia: fructus nbest.
Vivus, viden^que pereo : nee fjuitl agrim, scio.
AUSONIUS.
EUNUCU., Act. i. St. 1
t'iBULA VI. METAMORPHOSEON. 281
Reddita forma lacu est; quam cum videsset abire; 75
Quo fugis? Oro mane; nee me, crudelis, amantem
Desere, clamavit. Liceat, quod tangere nou est,
Aspicere, et inisero praebere alimenta furori.
Dumque dolet, summa vestem deduxit ab o'ra,
Nudaque marmoreis pcrcussit pectora palmis.
Pectora traxerunt tenuem percussa ruborem;
Non alitcr, quam poma sclent; qua? Candida parte,
Parte rubent: aut ut variis solet uva racemis
Ducere purpureum, nondum matura, colorem.
Quce simiil aspexit liquefacta rursus in unda;
Non tulit ulteriiis: sed, ut intabescere flavas
Igne levi cera, matutina?ve pruinae
Sole tepente sclent, sic attenuatus amore
Liquitur; et coeco paulatim carpitur igni.
Et neque jam color est misto candore rubori;
Ncc vigor, et vires, et quse modo visa placebant,
Nee corpus remanet, quondam quod amaverat Echo,
QJUSB tamen, ut vidit, quamvis irata memorque
Indoluit: quotiesque puer miserabilis, Eheu !
Dixerat; hrec resonis iterabat vocibus, Eheu !
Cumque sues manibus percusserat ille lacertos,
Hsoc quoque reddebat sonitum plangoris eundem.
Ultima vox solitam fuit hrec spectantis in undam,
Heu frustra dilecte puer! Totidemque remisit
Vrerba locus: dictoque Vale, Vale inquit et Echo.
NOTjE.
78. Alimenta furori: fuel to my unhappy
passion.
80. Marmoreis palmis: with his marble
palms; wilh his hands white as marble.
87. Igne levi certs: like wax by a slow
fire. So Virgil:
Ilico ut cera tiqucscit
Uno eodemque igni : sic noetro Daphnis amore.
ECLOGUE viii.
89. Carpilur: is consumed. So Virgil:
Vuiiuis ulit venis, et caico carpitur igni.
JE-SEIT1, iv.
90. Ctmdore. The white and rosy color
for which he was remarkable, is lost.
Candida candorem roseo sufliisa ruhore
Ante fuit. OVID. Amor. iii. Kelog. 3.
92. Nee corpus. The comeliness, vigor,
and grace which had charmed Echo, are
all fled. So Terence:
Quid hoc morbi est! adeone, homines imrnutarier
Ex amore, ut non cognosces eundem esse 1
EUNUCH., Act. ii. Sc. 1
93. Q uamvis irata. It is a beautiful pic
ture of the tinchangeablencss of love, tha*
even the spirit of the slighted Echo, aftei
death, mourns for him. A modern poe
expresses this in much vigor of language:
Planets may whirl through Cliaos uncon<
trolled.
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85
fiO. Sed ut flavje ce-
rcc solent intabe_scere
levi igne, matutinccve
pruinib lepeute sole,
sic atlenuatns amore
liquilur; et carpilur
90 paulatim casco igul.
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atars from their conrses sullenly retire,;
Syetems may play the rebel, as of old
A single star aid, and assail their sire.
When the great death-bell of the Sun hath
tolled,
Consumed upon his own funereal pyre,
The heavens may shrink and shrivel as a
scroll.
But love, triumphant love, shall overlive the
whole. T. C. AIKIMSON.
True love never dies; where it does not ex
ist, it never has existed. E. U. BOT.WKB
98. Ultima vox: the last speech; the last
words.
100. Locus: the place ; viz. the echo of
the place.
100. Dicto vale. The verb vale, which
is in the imperative mood, is used here as
a noun substantive. The English verb
farewell, is often used in the same man
ner.
100. Vale inquit Echo. Echo repeats the
last word of the dying Narcissus. There
is a truthfulness to nature hi this descrip
tion, for love treasures up in memory, and
loves to repeat the last words of the de
parted.
Commoritur, Narcisse, tibi resonabilis Fcho,
Vocis ad extremes exanimam modos
Et pereuiilis adlmc gemitnm resecuta tjuerelh*.
Ultima nunc ctiam verba loquentis amat.
Aisoxius, Epigram xcvii