THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
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270 F. OVIDII <strong>NASO</strong>NIS LIBER IV.<br />
Quoque erat accinctus, dimittit in ilia ferrum: 65<br />
Nee mora; ferventi moriens e vulnere traxit.<br />
Ut jacuit resupinus humi; cruor emicat alte,<br />
Non aliter, quam cum vitiato fistula plumbo,<br />
Scinditur, et tenues stridente foramine longe<br />
Ejaculatur aquas; atque ictibus aera rumpit.<br />
Arborei feetus aspergine csedis in atram<br />
Vertuntur faciem: madefactaque sanguine radix<br />
Puniceo tingit pendentia mora colore.<br />
Ecce metu nondum posito, ne fallat amantem,<br />
Ilia redit: juvenemque oculis, anirnoque requirit:<br />
Q.uantaque vitarit narrare pericula gestit.<br />
Utque locum et versam cognovit in arbore formam;<br />
(Sic facit incertam pomi color) hseret, an hsec sit.<br />
Dum dubitat, tremebunda videt pulsare cruentum<br />
70<br />
74. Ecce Jllo, metu<br />
nondum posito, redit,<br />
"75 ue fallal amantem;<br />
requirilque juvenem<br />
oculifl animoque.<br />
Membra solum; retroque pedem tulit: oraque buxo 80<br />
Pallidiora gerens, exhorruit sequoris instar,<br />
Quod frpmit, exigua cum summum stringitur aura.<br />
Sed postquarn rernorata suos cognovit amores,<br />
Percutit indignos claro plangore lacertos;<br />
Et laniata comas, amplexaque corpus amatum, 85<br />
Vulnera supplevit lacrymis; fletumque cruori<br />
Miscuit: et gelidis in vultibus oscula figens, .<br />
Pyrame, clamavit, quis te mihi casus ademit ?<br />
Pyrame, responde: tua te, charissime, Thisbe<br />
Nominal: exaudi; vultusque attolle jacentes. 90<br />
Ad riomen Thisbes oculos jam morte gravatos<br />
Pyiamus erexit, visaque recondidit ilia.<br />
Q.U8B postquarn vestemque suam cognovit, et ense<br />
Vidit ebur vacuum; Tua te manus, inquit, amorque 94. Tua mam»,<br />
NOTJE.<br />
-Ellens, her Inte lover, to receive the offer 91. Morte gravatos: now weighed down<br />
ing of her life:<br />
with death. Dido, in like manner, roused<br />
Dulees exuviae,