Tristia

Ovid

Ovid: Tristia. Ponto. Wheeler, Arthur Leslie, editor. Cambridge, MA; London, UK: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd., 1939 (printing).

  1. hoc est cur cantet vinctus quoque compede fossor,
  2. indocili numero cum grave mollit opus.
  3. cantat et innitens limosae pronus harenae,
  4. adverso tardam qui trahit amne ratem;
  5. quique refert pariter lentos ad pectora remos,
  6. in numerum pulsa brachia pulsat [*](iactat σ ) aqua.
  7. fessus ubi incubuit baculo saxove resedit
  8. pastor, harundineo carmine mulcet oves.
  9. cantantis pariter, pariter data pensa trahentis,
  10. fallitur ancillae decipiturque labor.
  11. fertur et abducta Lyrneside tristis Achilles
  12. Haemonia curas attenuasse lyra.
  13. cum traheret silvas Orpheus et dura canendo
  14. saxa, bis amissa coniuge maestus erat.