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PHOSEON. Lib. I.
Vritur, & jlerilem Jperando nutrit amorem.
Spettat inornatos collo pendere capillos.
Et, Quid ? ft comantur, ait. videt igne mi-
cant es ,
Sideribusftmiles, oculos. <videt ofcula ; quae non
Eft vidiffe fatis. laudat digitosque, manus-
que, 500
Brachiaque,& nudos media plus parte lacertos.
Si qua latent, meliora put at. jugit ocior aura
Ilia levi: neque ad haec revocantis 'verba re-
fifitt: , ' ...
Nympha, precor, Penei, mane : non inje-
quor hoftis.
Nympha, mane, ftc agna lupum, fic cerva
leonem, 5°5
Sic aquilampennajugiunt trepidante columbae,-
Hoftes quaeque fros. amor eft mihi caujfa Je-
quendi.
JVLe miferum ! ne prona cadas, indignave laedi
Crura ftecentfentes ,■ & Jim tibi caujfa doloris.
Afpera , qua proper as, loca Junt. modera-
tes, oro, 510
Curre , fugamque inhibe > moderatius infe-
quar ipje.
Cui:plact}as, inquire tamen. non incola montis,
JSfon ego Jum paftor: non hie armenta ,greges<ve
Efo~rridus objervo. nefcis, temeraria, nefcis
Quern fugias: ideoque Jugis. mihi Delphica
tellus, tfl*}
Et Claros0 Tenedos,Fsataraeaque regiafervit.
Juppiter eft genitor. per me, quod eritque,
Juitque,
E(lque,patet:per me concordant carmina nereis.
Cert a quidem noftra eft-.noftra tamen una Jagitta
Certior, in vacuo quae vulnera pectore fecit.
520
Inventum mcdicina meum eft,- opiJerque per
orbem
Dicor >, & herb arum Jubjecfa potentia nobis.
Hei mihi, quod nullis amor eft medicabilis
herbis :
Nec projunt domino, quae projunt omnibus,
artes !
Plura locuturum timido Peneia curju 525
Fugit, cumque ipjo verba imperfecta reliquit:
Turn quoque vija decens. nudabant corpora
venti,
Obviaque adverjas vibrabant Jlamina veftes >
Et levis impexos retro dab at aura capillos:
AuBaque Jorma Juga eft. Jed emm non ftufti-
net ultra 5^0
Perdere blanditias jwvenis Deusiutque movebat
Tom. I.
PHOSES. Book I. 27
Herwell-turn'd Neck he view'd (her Neck was bare)
And on her Shoulders her diilievel'd Hair;
Oh were it comb'd, faid he, with what a grace
Wou'd every waving Curl become her Face!
He view'd her Eyes,like Heav'nly Lamps that flione,
He view'd her Lips, too fweet to view alone,
Her taper Fingers, and her panting Breaft ; V
He praifes all he fees, and for the reft s
Believes the Beauties yet unfeen are beft: J
Swift as the Wind, the Damfel fled away,
Nor did for thefe alluring Speeches ftay :
Stay Nymph , he cry'd, I follow, not a Foe.
Thus from the Lyon trips the trembling Doe;
Thus from the Wolf the frighten'd Lamb removes,}
And , from purfuing Faulcons, fearful Doves ; v
Thou fliunn'ft a God,and iliunn'ft a God,that loves.\
Ah, left fome Thorn fhou'd pierce thy tender Foot,
Or thou iliou'dft fall in flying my purfuit!
To fharp uneven Ways thy fteps decline;
Abate thy Speed, and I will bate of mine.
Yet think from whom thou doft Co rafldy fly;
Nor bafely born, nor Shepherd's Swain am I.
Perhaps thou know'ft not my fuperior State ;
And from that Ignorance proceeds thy Hate.
Me Claros, Delphi, Tenedos obey;
Thefe Hands the Patareian Scepter fway.
The King of Gods begot me: What IhaJl be,
Or is, or ever was, in Fate, I fee.
Mine is th' invention of the charming Lyre;
Sweet Notes, and Heav'nly Numbers I infpire.
Sure is my Bow, unerring is my Dart •,
But ah more deadly his, who piere'd my Heart.
Mcd'cine is mine; what Herbs, and Simples grow )
In Fields, and Forrefts, all their Pow'rs I know ;
And am the great Phyfician call'd, below. \
Alas that Fields and Forrefts can afford
No Remedies to heal their Love-iick Lord!
To cure the pains of Love, no Plant avails :
And his own Phyfick, the Phyfician fails.
She heard not half; Co furioully fhe flies;
And on her Ear th' imperfect Accent dies.
Fear gave her Wings: and as fhe fled, the Wind
Increafing, fpread her flowing Hair behind;
And left her Legs, and Thighs expos'd to view :
Which made the God more eager to purfue.
The God was young, and was too hotly bent
To lofe his time in empty Compliment:
But led by Love, and fir'd with fuch a fight,
Impetuoufly purfu'd his near delight.
As when th' impatient Greyhound flipt'from far,
Bounds o'er the Glebe to courfe the fearful Hare,
D 2. she
Vritur, & jlerilem Jperando nutrit amorem.
Spettat inornatos collo pendere capillos.
Et, Quid ? ft comantur, ait. videt igne mi-
cant es ,
Sideribusftmiles, oculos. <videt ofcula ; quae non
Eft vidiffe fatis. laudat digitosque, manus-
que, 500
Brachiaque,& nudos media plus parte lacertos.
Si qua latent, meliora put at. jugit ocior aura
Ilia levi: neque ad haec revocantis 'verba re-
fifitt: , ' ...
Nympha, precor, Penei, mane : non inje-
quor hoftis.
Nympha, mane, ftc agna lupum, fic cerva
leonem, 5°5
Sic aquilampennajugiunt trepidante columbae,-
Hoftes quaeque fros. amor eft mihi caujfa Je-
quendi.
JVLe miferum ! ne prona cadas, indignave laedi
Crura ftecentfentes ,■ & Jim tibi caujfa doloris.
Afpera , qua proper as, loca Junt. modera-
tes, oro, 510
Curre , fugamque inhibe > moderatius infe-
quar ipje.
Cui:plact}as, inquire tamen. non incola montis,
JSfon ego Jum paftor: non hie armenta ,greges<ve
Efo~rridus objervo. nefcis, temeraria, nefcis
Quern fugias: ideoque Jugis. mihi Delphica
tellus, tfl*}
Et Claros0 Tenedos,Fsataraeaque regiafervit.
Juppiter eft genitor. per me, quod eritque,
Juitque,
E(lque,patet:per me concordant carmina nereis.
Cert a quidem noftra eft-.noftra tamen una Jagitta
Certior, in vacuo quae vulnera pectore fecit.
520
Inventum mcdicina meum eft,- opiJerque per
orbem
Dicor >, & herb arum Jubjecfa potentia nobis.
Hei mihi, quod nullis amor eft medicabilis
herbis :
Nec projunt domino, quae projunt omnibus,
artes !
Plura locuturum timido Peneia curju 525
Fugit, cumque ipjo verba imperfecta reliquit:
Turn quoque vija decens. nudabant corpora
venti,
Obviaque adverjas vibrabant Jlamina veftes >
Et levis impexos retro dab at aura capillos:
AuBaque Jorma Juga eft. Jed emm non ftufti-
net ultra 5^0
Perdere blanditias jwvenis Deusiutque movebat
Tom. I.
PHOSES. Book I. 27
Herwell-turn'd Neck he view'd (her Neck was bare)
And on her Shoulders her diilievel'd Hair;
Oh were it comb'd, faid he, with what a grace
Wou'd every waving Curl become her Face!
He view'd her Eyes,like Heav'nly Lamps that flione,
He view'd her Lips, too fweet to view alone,
Her taper Fingers, and her panting Breaft ; V
He praifes all he fees, and for the reft s
Believes the Beauties yet unfeen are beft: J
Swift as the Wind, the Damfel fled away,
Nor did for thefe alluring Speeches ftay :
Stay Nymph , he cry'd, I follow, not a Foe.
Thus from the Lyon trips the trembling Doe;
Thus from the Wolf the frighten'd Lamb removes,}
And , from purfuing Faulcons, fearful Doves ; v
Thou fliunn'ft a God,and iliunn'ft a God,that loves.\
Ah, left fome Thorn fhou'd pierce thy tender Foot,
Or thou iliou'dft fall in flying my purfuit!
To fharp uneven Ways thy fteps decline;
Abate thy Speed, and I will bate of mine.
Yet think from whom thou doft Co rafldy fly;
Nor bafely born, nor Shepherd's Swain am I.
Perhaps thou know'ft not my fuperior State ;
And from that Ignorance proceeds thy Hate.
Me Claros, Delphi, Tenedos obey;
Thefe Hands the Patareian Scepter fway.
The King of Gods begot me: What IhaJl be,
Or is, or ever was, in Fate, I fee.
Mine is th' invention of the charming Lyre;
Sweet Notes, and Heav'nly Numbers I infpire.
Sure is my Bow, unerring is my Dart •,
But ah more deadly his, who piere'd my Heart.
Mcd'cine is mine; what Herbs, and Simples grow )
In Fields, and Forrefts, all their Pow'rs I know ;
And am the great Phyfician call'd, below. \
Alas that Fields and Forrefts can afford
No Remedies to heal their Love-iick Lord!
To cure the pains of Love, no Plant avails :
And his own Phyfick, the Phyfician fails.
She heard not half; Co furioully fhe flies;
And on her Ear th' imperfect Accent dies.
Fear gave her Wings: and as fhe fled, the Wind
Increafing, fpread her flowing Hair behind;
And left her Legs, and Thighs expos'd to view :
Which made the God more eager to purfue.
The God was young, and was too hotly bent
To lofe his time in empty Compliment:
But led by Love, and fir'd with fuch a fight,
Impetuoufly purfu'd his near delight.
As when th' impatient Greyhound flipt'from far,
Bounds o'er the Glebe to courfe the fearful Hare,
D 2. she