Metamorphoses VIII 206-216






Inter utrumque volā, nec spectāre Boōtēn
aut Helicēn iubeō strictumque Ōrīonis ēnsem;
duce, carpe viam!" Pariter praecepta volandī
trādit et ignōtās umerīs accommodat ālās.
Inter opus monitūsque genae maduēre senīlēs
et patriae tremuēre manūs. Dedit ōscula nātō
nōn iterum repetenda suō, pennīsque levātus
ante volat comitīque timet, velut āles ab altō
quae teneram prōlem prōdūxit in āera nīdō,
hortāturque sequī damnōsāsque ērudit artēs.
Et movet ipse suās et nātī respicit ālās.


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