Audivit Erinys
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Cocyti in ripa liquidos audivit Erinys
Haec dum sulphureos potunt forte expositae angues;
Verum oculos illa ad monitum dea deinde revolvit,
Atra ex attonitas terra eripuitque colubras,
Ullo cum tanto impete trans liquidum aethera nunquam
Fulgura fulgent aut nitidum caeli occidit astrum;
Crebros per manes illa aereosque volavit,
Alte noctis per piceum imperium et tacitae ivit:
Prae veloci aditu lemures domibusque relictis
Et terror visus quatit omnia Tartarea arma;
Portas Taenarias ferratas et dea surgit
Pandit liventes pennas ibi tangere caelos.
Tum lux aspicitur dein visum nauseat atque
Forma iterum mitis Nocturni involvitur umbris.
Quid cogitas, lector benevole?
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The fury heard, while on Cocytus’ brink
Her snakes untied, sulphureous waters drink;
But at the summons rolled her eyes around,
And snatched the startled serpents from the ground.
Not half so swiftly shoots along in air
The gliding lightning, or descending star.
Through crowds of airy shades she winged her flight,
And dark dominions of the silent night;
Swift as she passed the flitting ghosts withdrew,
And the pale spectres trembled at her view:
To th’ iron gates of Tænarus she flies,
There spreads her dusky pinions to the skies.
The day beheld, and sick’ning at the sight,
Veiled her fair glories in the shades of night.
Cocyti in ripa liquidos audivit Erinys
Haec dum sulphureos potunt forte expositae angues;
Verum oculos illa ad monitum dea deinde revolvit,
Atra ex attonitas terra eripuitque colubras,
Ullo cum tanto impete trans liquidum aethera nunquam
Fulgura fulgent aut nitidum caeli occidit astrum;
Crebros per manes illa aereosque volavit,
Alte noctis per piceum imperium et tacitae ivit:
Prae veloci aditu lemures domibusque relictis
Et terror visus quatit omnia Tartarea arma;
Portas Taenarias ferratas et dea surgit
Pandit liventes pennas ibi tangere caelos.
Tum lux aspicitur dein visum nauseat atque
Forma iterum mitis Nocturni involvitur umbris.
Quid cogitas, lector benevole?
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