THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO

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P. OVIDII NASONIS
Concussse patuere fores: videt intus edentem
Vipereas carnes, vitiorlim alimenta suorum,
Invidiam ; visaque oculos avertit. At ilia
Surgit humo pigra; semesarumque relinquit
Corpora serpentum: passuque incedit inerti.
Utque deam vidit formaque annisque decoram,
Ingemuit; vultumque imaad suspiria duxit.
Pallor in ore sedet: macies in corpore toto:
Nusquam recta acies: livent rubigine denies:
Pectora felle virent. Lingua est suffusa veneno.
Risus abest; nisi quem visi movere dclores.
Nee fruitur somno, vigilacibus excita curis :
Sed videt ingratos, intabescitque videndo,
Successus hominum. Carpitque et carpitur una;
Suppliciumque suum est. (iuamvis tamen oderat illam;
Talibus adfata est breviter Tritonia dictis :
Infice tabe tua natarum Cecrcpis unam, 75
Sic opus est: Agraulos ea est. Haud plura locuta
Fugit: et impressa tellureiji reppulit hasta.
ilia deam obliquo fugientem lumine, cernens ;
Murmura parva dedit: successurumque Minerva
at the door with her hand, but with the
end of her spear. Horace, in like manner,
makes Death knock at the palaces of kings
with his foot:
Pallida niors ccquo pulsat pede
Fauperum tabernns
Regumque turres. LIB. I. Od. iv.
GO. Vipereas carnes: ihe flesh of vipers.
The poisonous food upon which she feeds
is intended to represent the evil passions
in which she indulges.
Cl. Visa. Minerva lurns her eyes from
the loathed view of Envy. The virtuous
can never look upon vice with any com
placency.
62. Surgil humo. Envy is seated on the
ground, an attitude of gloom and despon
dency.
63. Passu inerti: with sluggish step.
This also is an evidence of a disposition
gloomy, morose, and sullen.
65. lnffemu.it: she groaned. On seeing
'he comeliness and beauty of the goddess
she was filled with sorrowful and malig
nant feelings.
65. Ima suspiria: deep sighs.
C6. Pallor sedet: paleness is seated on
her countenance. Her gloom is perpetual.
66. Macies in corpore: there is emacia
tion in all her body. Her evil passions
have wasted her away.
67. Nusquam rccla: her eye is never
straight. She always looks askant. This
3 the manner of envious persons.
68. Peclora felle: her breast ie green
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bet fas succcilerc tec-
tis) et pulsat posts*
extrema cuspide.
GG. Pallor ecdet in
ore, macies in toto
corpore: acies est
nusqnam rtc-ta. deu-
tes livrnt rul-Jsjinp,
pectora virem feile,
lingua est sulTusa
veneno.
74. Tritonia quam
vis odcrat, tameil ad
fata est ipain brevitep
talibus dictis.
with gall. Poisonous serpents are oilen
green beneath the throat.
68. Lingua esl: her tongue is suffused
with poison.
With their tongues they have used deceit,
the poison of asps is under their lips.
ROMANS iii. 13.
69. Quem movere dolores: which sorrow
has excited. Hate. Amhition, Guile
Betray no further than the bitter smile BVROH.
There wns a laughing Devil in his sneer
That raised emotions bolll of rage and ftar. ID.
71. Videt ingralos : beholds ungrateful
the success of men.
71. Inlalescitque videndo: and pines
away at the eight.
For, like the soul, pale Envy braves the tomb,
Nor with the body shares an equal doom;
But one, who sickens at another's joy,
Prone lo insult, and eager to destroy.
STATIUS'S THEBAID.
73. Supplicium suum est : is her own
punishment. It is the righteous punish
ment of envious persons, that the fortune
nnd condition of others always appear to
them grtater than they really are; while
iheir own seem less than they are.
74. Tritonia. Minerva was called Tri
tonia, either from rpir.i, which, in the lan
guage of the Cretans, signifies heart, i n al
lusion to her origin; or Irom the lake Tri-
tonis, near which she was born and wor
shipped.
75. Tabetua: with thy poison; with envy.
78. Obliquo lumine: with eye askant.
FABULA XI. METAMORPHOSEON. 189
Indoluit: baculumque capit, quod spinea totum 80
Vincula cingebant: adopertaque nubibus atris,
Gluacunque ingreditur, florentia preterit arva,
Exuritque herbas, et summa cacumina carpit:
Afflatuque suo populos, urbesque, domcsque
Pclluit: et tandem Tritonida ccnspicit arcem, 85
Ingeniis opibusque, et festa pace virentem :
Vixque tenet lacrymas; quia nil lacrymabile cernit.
Sed postquam thalamos intravit Cecrope nata?;
Jussa facit.: pectusque manu ferrugine tincta
Tangit: et hamatis prsecordia sentibus implet: 90
Inspiratque nocens virus: piceumque per ossa
Dissipat, et medio spargit pulmone, venenum.
Neve mali spatium causa per latifls errent:
Germanam ante oculos, fortunatumque sororis
Conjugium, pulchraque Deum sub imagine ponit, 95
Cunctaque magna facit. Quibus irritata, dolore
Cecropis occulto mordetur: et anxia nocte,
Anxia luce gemit; lentaque miserrima tabe
Liquitur, ut glacies incerto saucia sole;
Felicisque bonis non secifls uritur Herses ; 100
duam cum spinosis ignis supponitur herbis ;
(ins ncque dant flammas ; lenique tepore cremantur.
Ssepe mori voluit; ne quicquam tale videret:
Stepe velut crimen rigido narrare parenti.
NOT.&.
88. Sed postquam
inlravit Thalamos na-
tae Cecrope; facit
jussa.
93. Neve cansic ma
li errent per latius spa
tium ; ponit ante ocu
los ger-manam, conju-
giunique fortunatiim
sorons, deumque sub
pulclira imagine
103. Stepe voluit
mori, ne videret quic
quam tale; spepe nar
rare velut crimen ri
gido parenti.
81. Adoperta nubibus. What a gloomy 87. Quia nil. There is keen epigram
investiture !
matic point in this sentence.
She with the dark of air her form arrays, 88. Cecrope natta. Agraulos, the daugh
And walks in awful grief the city ways. ter of Cecrops.
HESIOD. 89. Ferrugine: with canker; the rust of
82. Protcrildrva: blights the flourishing envy.
fields.
90. Pracordia. The parts that encom
The meagre fiend
pass the heart.
Blows mildew from beRveen her shriveled lips, 90. Ilamatis sentibus: with jagged
And taints the golden ear. COWPER.
thorns.
83. Exurit herbst: consumes the grass. 91. Inspiratque: inspires her with;
Her elfin blood in madness ran, breathes into her.
Her mouth foamed, and the grass, therewith He breathes into it the fire of his own courage,
besprent,
a daring and desperate thirst for glory; an ardor
Withered at dew so sweet and virulent. KEATS. panting for great enterprises, for all the storm,
83. Summa cacumina. She is enviously and bustle, and hurricane of life. WIKT.
affected towards the grass and shrubs, and 93. Mali: of unhnppiness.
cuts down the tallest heads.
95. Germanam ponit. Envy ever sets
84. AJ/lalu suo: by her breath. before the eyes of Agraulos a lively pic
85. Polluit: infects; blasts.
ture of the happiness of her sister lo excite
I.o, ill-rejoicing Envy, winged with lies, her malevolent feelings.
Seatlerhur calumnious rumors as she flies, 97. Mordetur: is consumed; is corroded.
The steps of men with hatred doth pursue 99. Incerlo sole. By a slight degree of
AVith haggard aspect, blasting lo the view. heat.
HESIOD. 100. Urilur: she is consumed.
86. Ingeniis: in arts.
103. jU0/-{ voluit: she even wished to
Thus Athens grew, the nurse of arts and arms, die, that she might iiot be ihe witness ot
The eye ol'Greece. AKESSIDE.
her sister's good fortune.
86. Festa pace: in festal peace. Shows, 104. Rigido parenti: her austere father
festivals, and amusements are common in She threatens to accuse her sister as a
timfis of peace.
harlot.