Ovidius Naso, Publius; Banier, Antoine [Comm.]; Picart, Bernard [Ill.]: Ovid's Metamorphoses In Latin And English: [Two Volumes] (Band 1) (Amsterdam, 1732)

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The rest of the I. Fable. Phaeton carryed away by the

Horfes of Apollo.

THE ARGUMENT.

Tho' Apollo had given Phaeton all the necefTary Inftru&ions for the
guiding of his Chariot, yet he cannot keep the Horfes from running a-
way with him, and taking Roads altogether unknown to them.

INterea volucres Pjroeis , Eous, & Aethon y
Solis equi} quartusque Phlegon, hinniti-
bus auras

Tlammiferis implent ,pedibusque repagula pul-
fant. 155
Quae pojlquam Tethys,fatorum ignara nepotis,
Repulit,- & fatta eft immenfi copia mundi,
Corripuere viam, pedibusque per a'era mot is
Obfiantes findunt nebulas, pennisque levari
Praetereunt ortos tsdem de partibus Euros.

160

Sed leve pondus erat; nec quod cognojcerepoffent
Solis equi: folitaque jugum gravitate carebat.
Utque lab ant curvae juflo fine ponder e naves,
Per que mare 3injlabiles nimia levitate, ferun-
tun

Sic onere adfueto vacuos dat in a'era faltus,

165

Succutiturque alte }fimilisqm eji currus inani.

Quod

"jl yf Ean while the reftlefs Horfes neigh'd aloud,
A Breathing out Fire , and pawing where
they flood.

Tethysy not knowing what had paft, gave way,
And all the Wafte of Heav'n before 'em lay.
They fpring together out, and fwiftly bear
The flying Youth through Clouds and yielding Airj
With wingy Speed outftrip the Eaftern Wind,
And leave the Breezes of the Morn behind.
The Youth was light, nor cou'd he fill the Seat,
Or poife the Chariot with its wonted Weight •
But as at Sea th' unballafs'd VelTel rides,
Caft to and fro, the Sport of Winds and Tides;
So in the bounding Chariot tofs'd on high,
The Youth is hurry'd headlong through the Sky.

Soon