The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II pdf epub fb2

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...shoulders with her golden locks Shaded, the daughter of the Centaur comes; Whom fair Chariclo, on a river's brink Swift-rolling, bore, and thence OcyrrhoÃ« nam'd. She not content her father's arts to know, The hidden secrets of the fates disclos'd. Now was her soul with fate-foretelling sounds Fill'd, and within her fiercely rag'd the god: The infant viewing;--â€œGrow, â€ she said, â€œapace, â€œHealth-bearer through the world. To thee shall oft â€œExpiring mortals owe returning life! â€œTo thee 'tis given to render souls again â€œBack to their bodies! Once thou'lt dare the deed;-- â€œThe angry god's forbidding flames, thy power â€œFurther preventing:--and a bloodless corps â€œHeaven-born, thou ly'st;---but what thy body form'd â€œA god becomes, --resuscitated twice. â€œThou too, my dearest and immortal sire! â€œTo ages never-ending, born to live, â€œShalt wish for death in vain; when writhing sad â€œFrom the dire serpent's venom in thy limbs, â€œBy wounds instill'd. The pitying gods...