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ii4 P.OVIDII METAMOR- P. OVID'S METAMOR-
Saepe , ut confiterant, hinc Thisbe, Pyra- s^elY theY told their Sorrows, and their Joys,
* it' t In whifoer'd Murmurs, and a dying Noife.
> f »• By turns to catch each other s Breath they ltrove,
Inque warn fuerat caftatus anhehtus ons,- ^ ^ Breeze rf ^ *
, W«f , f«w; , ^ MW«t|W oft as on different Sides diey ftood, they cry'd,
obftas ? Malicious Wall, thus Lovers to divide!
Quantum erat , ut [meres nos toto corpore Supp0fe, thou fhould'ft awhile to us give Place
jungi! To lock, and fallen in a clofe Embrace:
Aut hoc fi nimium, vel ad ofcula danda pa- But if too much to grant fo fweet a Blils,
teres 1 75 Indulge at lead the Pleafure of a Kifs.
Necfumus ingraft, tibi nos debere fatemur, We fcorn Ingratitude: To thee, we know,
Quod datus eft verbis ad arnicas tranfitus This fafe Conveyance of our Minds we owe.
^ Thus they their vain Petition did renew
aures.
/• /• n CJ„ L„,+; Till Night, and then they fbftly figh'd Adieu.
Tdia diver a nequicquam lede locuti ,* f > & ' / \ *>
J 1 r/1 ■ 1 j But hrft they ltrove to kils, and that was all-,
Sub noclem dixere Vale: partique dedere ^ Klffes dy,d untafted on the WalL
Ofcula qutsque [uae, non pervenientta con- $Qon as the Morn had Q,er the Stars prevail^
tra- $0 And warn'd by Phahus, Flow'rs their Dews exhal'd,
P of era noBurnos Aurora remover at ignes, The Lovers to their well-known Place return,
Solque pruinofas radiis ficcaverat herb as: Alike they fuffer, and alike they mourn.
Ad folitum co'iere locum, turn murmure parvo At laft their Parents they refolve to cheat,
Mult a prius quefi, fiatuunt, ut notfe fdenti (If to deceive in Love be call'd Deceit)
Fallen cuflodes, foribusque excedere tententi 85 To fteal hY Nlght from home>and mence unknown
1 ■ ■ t rl^d*-* To feek the Fields, and quit th' unfaithful Town.
Cumque domo exierint ,urbis quoque claufra ^ ^ ^ent ^ wai^nng m the ^
relinquant: They both agree to fix upon a Mark;
Neve fi errandum lato fpatiantibus arvo, A Mark, that could not their Defigns expofe:
Conveniant ad bulla Mm : lateantque Cub The Tomb of Minus was the Mark they chofe.
, * J 1 J There they might reit iecure beneath the Shade,
umbra . which Boughs,with fhowy Fruit encumber'd,made:
Arboris. arbor ibi, niveis uberrima pomis, A wiae.foread Mulberry its Rife had took
Ardua moms,erat ,gelido conterminafonti. 90 Juft on the Margin of a gurgling Brook.
Patta placent: & lux , tarde decedere vifa, Impatient for the friendly Dusk they ftay;
■ • Clvfr ',t *L And chide the Slownefs or departing Day;
Praecipitatur aquis, & aquis nox fargit ab ^ ^ ^ ^ F ^
tsdem. From Weftern Seas up-rofe the Shades of Nicrht.
Callida per tenebras, verfato car dine, Thisbe The loving Thisbe ev'n prevents the Hour,
Eqredltur, fallltque fuos: adopertaque vultum With cautious Silence fhe unlocks the Door,
Pervemt ad tumulum; dittaque fab arbore Andi veils her Face and marching throj the Gloom
1 J Swiftly arrives at th Alhgnation-Tomb.
[edit. 95 For ftill the fearful Sex can fearlefs prove;
Audacem faciebat amor, venit ecce recenti Boldly they act, if fpinted by Love.
Caede leaena bourn fumantes oblita ritfus, When lo! a Lionefs rufli'd o'er the Plain,
7^ r, fi*;**. r.,;r,vn fnrtic in i*n/]j Grimly befinear'd with Blood of Oxen (kin:
Depoutura itim vicini tontts in unaa. . 1 .
^c^ujun, j And what to the dire Sieht new Horrors broucht,
Quam procul ad Lunae radios Babylonia Toflake her Thirft the neighb ring Spring fl^e fought.
thisbe Which, by the Moon, when trembling Thishe fpies,
Vidit: (f obfeurum trepido pede fugit in an- Wing'd with her Fear, fwift, as the Wind, fhe Hies -y
trum IOO And in a Cave recovers from her Fright,
^ ' . , . , r f v But drop'd her Veil, confounded in her Flight.
Dumque fugit, tergo velamma lapja relinqmt. when ^ wkh rcpcated Draughts, again
Ut lea faeva fiim mult a compefcuit unda, The Queen of Beaits fcour'd back along the Plain.
Dum redit in filvas, inventus forte fine ipfa She found the Veil, and mouthing it all o'er,
Ore cruentato tenues lamavit amittus. With bloody Jaws die lifelefs Prey fhe tore
^ n- ■ 'jv • / TheYouth,who could not cheat his Guards 10 ioon,
Serins egrefus vejitgia vidit in alto 105 ^ ^ \ ^ noted by the ,limm^rmg Moon
Pulvere certa ferae, totoque expalluit ore Some {avageFCet, new printed on the Ground,
Pyramus. ut verO vefiem quoque Janguine His Cheeks turn'd pale,his Limbs no Vigour found:
tinftam Butj when advancing on, the Veil he fpied
•rr 1 :~M.;* **»J*+ * Diftain'd with Blood, and ghaftly torn, he cried,
Repent, Una duos nox, wqmt, perdet a~ GneNlght Deam toT^0 yo;ngLoversglv^
mantes: But fhe deferv'd unnumber'd Years to live •
E qui- 'Tis
Saepe , ut confiterant, hinc Thisbe, Pyra- s^elY theY told their Sorrows, and their Joys,
* it' t In whifoer'd Murmurs, and a dying Noife.
> f »• By turns to catch each other s Breath they ltrove,
Inque warn fuerat caftatus anhehtus ons,- ^ ^ Breeze rf ^ *
, W«f , f«w; , ^ MW«t|W oft as on different Sides diey ftood, they cry'd,
obftas ? Malicious Wall, thus Lovers to divide!
Quantum erat , ut [meres nos toto corpore Supp0fe, thou fhould'ft awhile to us give Place
jungi! To lock, and fallen in a clofe Embrace:
Aut hoc fi nimium, vel ad ofcula danda pa- But if too much to grant fo fweet a Blils,
teres 1 75 Indulge at lead the Pleafure of a Kifs.
Necfumus ingraft, tibi nos debere fatemur, We fcorn Ingratitude: To thee, we know,
Quod datus eft verbis ad arnicas tranfitus This fafe Conveyance of our Minds we owe.
^ Thus they their vain Petition did renew
aures.
/• /• n CJ„ L„,+; Till Night, and then they fbftly figh'd Adieu.
Tdia diver a nequicquam lede locuti ,* f > & ' / \ *>
J 1 r/1 ■ 1 j But hrft they ltrove to kils, and that was all-,
Sub noclem dixere Vale: partique dedere ^ Klffes dy,d untafted on the WalL
Ofcula qutsque [uae, non pervenientta con- $Qon as the Morn had Q,er the Stars prevail^
tra- $0 And warn'd by Phahus, Flow'rs their Dews exhal'd,
P of era noBurnos Aurora remover at ignes, The Lovers to their well-known Place return,
Solque pruinofas radiis ficcaverat herb as: Alike they fuffer, and alike they mourn.
Ad folitum co'iere locum, turn murmure parvo At laft their Parents they refolve to cheat,
Mult a prius quefi, fiatuunt, ut notfe fdenti (If to deceive in Love be call'd Deceit)
Fallen cuflodes, foribusque excedere tententi 85 To fteal hY Nlght from home>and mence unknown
1 ■ ■ t rl^d*-* To feek the Fields, and quit th' unfaithful Town.
Cumque domo exierint ,urbis quoque claufra ^ ^ ^ent ^ wai^nng m the ^
relinquant: They both agree to fix upon a Mark;
Neve fi errandum lato fpatiantibus arvo, A Mark, that could not their Defigns expofe:
Conveniant ad bulla Mm : lateantque Cub The Tomb of Minus was the Mark they chofe.
, * J 1 J There they might reit iecure beneath the Shade,
umbra . which Boughs,with fhowy Fruit encumber'd,made:
Arboris. arbor ibi, niveis uberrima pomis, A wiae.foread Mulberry its Rife had took
Ardua moms,erat ,gelido conterminafonti. 90 Juft on the Margin of a gurgling Brook.
Patta placent: & lux , tarde decedere vifa, Impatient for the friendly Dusk they ftay;
■ • Clvfr ',t *L And chide the Slownefs or departing Day;
Praecipitatur aquis, & aquis nox fargit ab ^ ^ ^ ^ F ^
tsdem. From Weftern Seas up-rofe the Shades of Nicrht.
Callida per tenebras, verfato car dine, Thisbe The loving Thisbe ev'n prevents the Hour,
Eqredltur, fallltque fuos: adopertaque vultum With cautious Silence fhe unlocks the Door,
Pervemt ad tumulum; dittaque fab arbore Andi veils her Face and marching throj the Gloom
1 J Swiftly arrives at th Alhgnation-Tomb.
[edit. 95 For ftill the fearful Sex can fearlefs prove;
Audacem faciebat amor, venit ecce recenti Boldly they act, if fpinted by Love.
Caede leaena bourn fumantes oblita ritfus, When lo! a Lionefs rufli'd o'er the Plain,
7^ r, fi*;**. r.,;r,vn fnrtic in i*n/]j Grimly befinear'd with Blood of Oxen (kin:
Depoutura itim vicini tontts in unaa. . 1 .
^c^ujun, j And what to the dire Sieht new Horrors broucht,
Quam procul ad Lunae radios Babylonia Toflake her Thirft the neighb ring Spring fl^e fought.
thisbe Which, by the Moon, when trembling Thishe fpies,
Vidit: (f obfeurum trepido pede fugit in an- Wing'd with her Fear, fwift, as the Wind, fhe Hies -y
trum IOO And in a Cave recovers from her Fright,
^ ' . , . , r f v But drop'd her Veil, confounded in her Flight.
Dumque fugit, tergo velamma lapja relinqmt. when ^ wkh rcpcated Draughts, again
Ut lea faeva fiim mult a compefcuit unda, The Queen of Beaits fcour'd back along the Plain.
Dum redit in filvas, inventus forte fine ipfa She found the Veil, and mouthing it all o'er,
Ore cruentato tenues lamavit amittus. With bloody Jaws die lifelefs Prey fhe tore
^ n- ■ 'jv • / TheYouth,who could not cheat his Guards 10 ioon,
Serins egrefus vejitgia vidit in alto 105 ^ ^ \ ^ noted by the ,limm^rmg Moon
Pulvere certa ferae, totoque expalluit ore Some {avageFCet, new printed on the Ground,
Pyramus. ut verO vefiem quoque Janguine His Cheeks turn'd pale,his Limbs no Vigour found:
tinftam Butj when advancing on, the Veil he fpied
•rr 1 :~M.;* **»J*+ * Diftain'd with Blood, and ghaftly torn, he cried,
Repent, Una duos nox, wqmt, perdet a~ GneNlght Deam toT^0 yo;ngLoversglv^
mantes: But fhe deferv'd unnumber'd Years to live •
E qui- 'Tis