Tum species primùm patefacta est candida Lucis (Usque vices adeò Natura bonique, malique, Exæquat, justâque manu sua damna rependit) Tum primùm, ignotosque bibunt nova lumina soles. Carmine quo, Dea, te dicam, gratissima cœli 85 Progenies, ortumque tuum; gemmantia rore Ut per prata levi lustras, et floribus halans Purpureum Veris gremium, scenamque virentem Pingis, et umbriferos colles, et cærula regna? Gratia te, Venerisque Lepos, et mille Colorum, 90 Formarumque chorus sequitur, motusque decentes. At caput invisum Stygiis Nox atra tenebris Abdidit, horrendæque simul Formidinis ora, Pervigilesque æstus Curarum, atque anxius Angor. V. 81. "Nam simul ac species patefacta est verna diei!" Lucret. i. x. V. 84. "Editus ex utero cæcus nova lumina sensit, Claud. xcix. 10. Achill. Statii, ii. 372. V. 86. Lucret. ii. 319, "Invitant herbæ gemmantes rore recenti." Luke. V. 87. Virg. Georg. iv. 109, "Croceis halantes floribus horti." Luke. V. 88. "Hic ver purpureum," Virg. Eclog. ix. 41. V. 89. "Umbriferum nemus," Lucret. vi. 703. "Cœruleo regno," Virg. Ciris. 483. V. 91. "Quove color? decens Quo motus?" Hor. Od. iv. xiii. 17. V. 92. "Invisum hoc detrude caput sub Tartara," Æn. ix. 476. "Stygiis tenebris," Georg. iii. 551. V. 93. "Subit horrida mentem formido," Sil. Ital. x. 544; Lueret. vi. 253. "Curarum fluctuat æstu," Virg. Æn. viii. 19. xii. 335. V. 94. Lucret. iii. 1006, "Exest anxius angor." Luke. Undique lætitiâ florent mortalia corda, Omnia nec tu ideò invalidæ se pandere Menti (Quippe nimis teneros posset vis tanta diei Perturbare, et inexpertos confundere visus) 95 105 Nec capere infantes animos, neu cernere credas 100 110 V. 96. "Improviso vibratus ab Æthere fulgor," Virg. Æn. viii. 524. V. 102. "Nescio qua præter solitum aulcedine læti," Virg Georg. i. 413. V. 104. "Plena per insertas fundebat luna fenestras," Virg. En. iii. 152. V. 105. "Lucida tela diei," Lucret. i. 128. V. 108. "Expleri mentem nequit, ardescitque tuendo," Virg. En. i. 713. V. 113. Tantum series, juncturaque pollet," Horat. Art. Poet. 242. "Ita res accendent lumina rebus," Lucret. i. 1110. Nec minor in geminis viget auribus insita virtus, Scilicet Eloquio hæc sonitus, hæc fulminis alas, At medias fauces, et linguæ humentia templa 121 125 Naribus interea consedit odora hominum vis, 130 V. 115. On this use of the indicative, conjurant,' 'fulgent,' V. 119. "Puniceis invecta rotis," Virg. Æn. xii. 77. V. 122. "Nec numeris nectere verba juvat," Ovid. Pont. ii. V. 123. Nymphæ, noster amor, Libethrides," Virg. Ec- V. 126. "Mobilibus digitis expergefacta figurant." Lucret. ii. 412. V. 128. "Jucundus sapores," Tibull. i. vii. 35. V. 130. "Odora canum vis," Lucret. vi. 778. Virg. Æn. V. 132. Compare Par. Lost, b. v. 16: "Then with voice, 135 Roscida, cum Zephyri furtìm sub vesperis horâ Qualis Hamadryadum quondam si fortè sororum 150 V. 134. "Votis respondet avari," Georg. i. 47. "Divinum adspirat amorem," Virg. Æn. viii. 373. V. 137. "Vivata potestas," Lucret. iii. 410. 557. 680. V. 144. "Mater virideis saltus orbata peragrans." Lucret. ii. 355. Luke V. 147. "Lympharum in speculo," Phædrus, i. iv. 3. V. 149. The same synæresis is found in Propert. iv. vii. 7: "Eosdem habuit secum, quibus est elata capillos." And, "Eosdem oculos; lateri vestis adusta fuit.” Nec verò simplex ratio, aut jus omnibus unum Constat imaginibus. Sunt quæ bina ostia nôrunt; Hæ privos servant aditus; sine legibus illæ Passìm, quà data porta, ruunt, animoque propinquant. 157 160 Respice, cui à cunis tristes extinxit ocellos, V. 154. "Nec ratio solis simplex," Lucret. v. 613. stat imago," iv. 108. "Privas aures, " iv. 570. "Con V. 157. Virg. Æn. i. 83. "Qua data porta ruunt." Luke. V. 161. "Ea gratia formæ," Ovid. Met. vii. 44. V. 171. "Terribiles visu formæ," Æn. vi. 277. V. 173. "At facere, et fungi sine corpore nulla potestas." Lucret. i. 444. |