Metamorphoses IV 93-104






     "Callida per tenebrās versātō cardine Thisbē
ēgreditur, fallitque suōs, adopertaque vultum
pervenit ad tumulum, dictāque sub arbore sēdit;
audācem faciēbat amor. Venit, ecce, recentī
caede leaena boum spūmantēs oblita rictūs,
dēpositūra sitim vīcīnī fontis in undā;
quam procul ad lūnae radiōs Babylōnia Thisbē
vīdit et obscūrum timidō pede fūgit in antrum,
dumque fugit, tergō vēlāmina lāpsa relīquit.
Ut lea saeva sitim multā compēscuit undā,
dum redit in silvās, inventōs forte sine ipsā
ōre cruentātō tenuēs laniāvit amictūs.


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