Metamorphoses I 483-491






Illa, velut crīmen taedās exōsa iugālēs
pulchra verēcundō suffunditur ōra rubōre,
inque patris blandīs haerēns cervīce lacertīs,
"Dā mihi perpetuā, genitor cārissime," dīxit,
"virginitāte fruī; dedit hoc pater ante Diānae."
Ille quidem obsequitur, sed decor iste quod optās
esse vetat, vōtōque tuō tua fōrma repugnat.
Phoebus amat vīsaeque cupit cōnūbia Daphnēs,
quodque cupit, spērat, suaque illum ōrācula fallunt.


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