Metamorphoses X 247-258






Intereā niveum mīrā fēlīciter arte
sculpsit ebur fōrmamque dedit, quā fēmina nāscī
nūlla potest, operisque suī concēpit amōrem.
Virginis est vērae faciēs, quam vīvere crēdās,
et, nōn obstet reverentia, velle movērī;
ars adeō latet arte suā. Mīrātur et haurit
pectore Pygmaliōn simulātī corporis ignēs.
Saepe manūs operī temptantēs admovet, an sit
corpus an illud ebur, nec adhūc ebur esse fatētur.
Ōscula dat reddīque putat, loquiturque tenetque,
sed crēdit tāctīs digitōs īnsīdere membrīs
et metuit pressōs veniat līvor in artūs.


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