BOOK THE SECOND.
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Ovid and Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)
Adspicics oculos tremulo fulgore micantes,
Ut sol a liquida sæpe refulget aquâ.
Accèdent questus, accedet amabile murmur,
Et dulces gemitus, aptaque verba loco.
Sed neque tu dominam velis majoribus usus
Desine; nec cursus anteat ilia tuos.
Ad metam properate simul; turn plena voluptas,
Cum pariter victi foemina virque jacent.
Hi tibi servandus tenor est, cum libera dantur
Otia; furtivum nec timor urget opus.
Cum mora non tuta est, totis incumbere remis
Utile, et admisso subdere calcar equo.
There is an end now of my task; grant me the palm, ye grateful youths, and present the myrtle garlands to my perfumed locks. As great as was Podalirius 992 among the Greeks in the art of healing, as the descendant of Æacus with his right hand, as Nestor with his eloquence; as great as Calchas 993 was in soothsaying, as the son of Telamon was in arms, as Automedon 994 was in guiding the chariot, so great a Lover am I. Celebrate me as your bard, ye men, to me repeat my praises; let my name be sung throughout all the earth. Arms have I given to you; to Achilles Vulcan gave arms. With the gifts presented to you, prove victorious, as he proved victorious. But whoever subdues the Amazon with my weapons, let him inscribe upon his spoil 995 —"Naso was my preceptor."
And lo! the charming fair are asking me to give them my precepts. You then shall be the next care of my song.——