Metamorphoses I 541-554






ōcior est requiemque negat, tergōque fugācis
imminet, et crīnem sparsum cervīcibus adflat.
Vīribus absūmptīs, expalluit illa, citaeque
victa labōre fugae, spectāns Pēnēidas undās,
"Fer, pater," inquit, "opem, flūmina nūmen habētis!
Quā nimium placuī, mūtandō perde figūram!"
Vix prece fīnītā, torpor gravis occupat artūs;
mollia cinguntur tenuī praecordia librō,
in frondem crīnēs, in rāmōs bracchia crēscunt;
pēs modo tam vēlōx pigrīs rādīcibus haeret;
ōra cacūmen habet; remanet nitor ūnus in illā.
Hanc quoque Phoebus amat, positāque in stīpite dextrā
sentit adhūc trepidāre novō sub cortice pectus,


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