Latin. Liber Septimus : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER SEPTIMVS Iamque fretum Minyae Pagasaea puppe secabant, perpetuaque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus visus erat, iuvenesque Aquilone creati virgineas volucres miseri senis ore fugarant...
Latin. Liber Quartus Decimus : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER QVARTVS DECIMVS Iamque Giganteis iniectam faucibus Aetnen arvaque Cyclopum, quid rastra, quid usus aratri, nescia nec quicquam iunctis debentia bubus liquerat Euboicus tumidarum cultor aquarum...
English. Book The Twelfth : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE TWELFTH PRIAM, to whom the story was unknown, As dead, deplor'd his metamorphos'd son: A cenotaph his name, and title kept, And Hector round the tomb, with all his brothers, wept. This pious office Paris did not share; Absent...
English. Book The Second : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE SECOND THE Sun's bright palace, on high columns rais'd, With burnish'd gold and flaming jewels blaz'd; The folding gates diffus'd a silver light, And with a milder gleam refresh'd the sight; Of polish'd iv'ry was the cov'ring...
Latin. Liber Tertius : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER TERTIVS Iamque deus posita fallacis imagine tauri se confessus erat Dictaeaque rura tenebat, cum pater ignarus Cadmo perquirere raptam imperat et poenam, si non invenerit, addit 5 exilium, facto pius...
Latin. Liber Nonus : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER NONVS Quae gemitus truncaeque deo Neptunius heros causa rogat frontis; cui sic Calydonius amnis coepit inornatos redimitus harundine crines: 'triste petis munus. quis enim sua proelia victus...
English. Book The Tenth : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE TENTH THENCE, in his saffron robe, for distant Thrace, Hymen departs, thro' air's unmeasur'd space; By Orpheus call'd, the nuptial Pow'r attends, But with ill-omen'd augury descends; Nor chearful look'd the God, nor prosp'rous...
English. Book The Sixth : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE SIXTH PALLAS, attending to the Muse's song, Approv'd the just resentment of their wrong; And thus reflects: While tamely I commend Those who their injur'd deities defend, My own divinity affronted stands, And calls aloud...
English. Book The First : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE FIRST OF bodies chang'd to various forms, I sing: Ye Gods, from whom these miracles did spring, Inspire my numbers with coelestial heat; 'Till I my long laborious work compleat: And add perpetual tenour to my rhimes, Deduc'd...
Latin. Liber Primus : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER PRIMVS In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora; di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas) adspirate meis primaque ab origine mundi ad mea perpetuum deducite tempora carmen! Ante mare et terr...
English. Book The Eleventh : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE ELEVENTH HERE, while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain Sooths beasts, and woods, and all the listn'ing plain, The female Bacchanals, devoutly mad, In shaggy skins, like savage creatures, clad, Warbling in air perceiv'd his...
English. Book The Seventh : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE SEVENTH THE Argonauts now stemm'd the foaming tide, And to Arcadia's shore their course apply'd; Where sightless Phineus spent his age in grief, But Boreas' sons engage in his relief; And those unwelcome guests, the odious race...
Title Page : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], METAMORPHOSES BY OVID translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve and other eminent hands [1717]
Latin. Liber Undecimus : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER VNDECIMVS Carmine dum tali silvas animosque ferarum Threicius vates et saxa sequentia ducit, ecce nurus Ciconum tectae lymphata ferinis pectora velleribus tumuli de vertice cernunt Orphea percussis...
Latin. Liber Secundus : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER SECVNDVS Regia Solis erat sublimibus alta columnis, clara micante auro flammasque imitante pyropo, cuius ebur nitidum fastigia summa tegebat, argenti bifores radiabant lumine valvae. materiam...
English. Book The Fourteenth : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE FOURTEENTH NOW Glaucus, with a lover's haste, bounds o'er The swelling waves, and seeks the Latian shore. Messena, Rhegium, and the barren coast Of flaming Aetna, to his sight are lost: At length he gains the Tyrrhene se...
Latin. Liber Quartus : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER QVARTVS At non Alcithoe Minyeias orgia censet accipienda dei, sed adhuc temeraria Bacchum progeniem negat esse Iovis sociasque sorores inpietatis habet. festum celebrare sacerdos 5 inmunesque operum...
English. Book The Fourth : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE FOURTH YET still Alcithoe perverse remains, And Bacchus still, and all his rites, disdains. Too rash, and madly bold, she bids him prove Himself a God, nor owns the son of Jove. Her sisters too unanimous agree, Faithful...
Latin. Liber Duodecimus : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER DVODECIMVS Nescius adsumptis Priamus pater Aesacon alis vivere lugebat: tumulo quoque nomen habenti inferias dederat cum fratribus Hector inanes; defuit officio Paridis praesentia tristi, postmodo qui...
Latin. Liber Quintus Deciums : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER QVINTVS DECIMVS Quaeritur interea qui tantae pondera molis sustineat tantoque queat succedere regi: destinat imperio clarum praenuntia veri fama Numam; non ille satis cognosse Sabinae gentis habet...
Latin. Liber Octavus : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER OCTAVVS Iam nitidum retegente diem noctisque fugante tempora Lucifero cadit Eurus, et umida surgunt nubila: dant placidi cursum redeuntibus Austri Aeacidis Cephaloque; quibus feliciter acti ante...
Latin. Liber Sextus : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER SEXTVS Praebuerat dictis Tritonia talibus aures carminaque Aonidum iustamque probaverat iram; tum secum: 'laudare parum est, laudemur et ipsae numina nec sperni sine poena nostra sinamus.' Maeoniaeque...
Latin. Liber Tertius Decimus : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER TERTIVS DECIMVS Consedere duces et vulgi stante corona surgit ad hos clipei dominus septemplicis Aiax, utque erat inpatiens irae, Sigeia torvo litora respexit classemque in litore vultu intendensque...
English. Book The Fifth : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE FIFTH WHILE Perseus entertain'd with this report His father Cepheus, and the list'ning court, Within the palace walls was heard aloud The roaring noise of some unruly crowd; Not like the songs which chearful friends prepare...
English. Book The Eighth : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE EIGHTH NOW shone the morning star in bright array, To vanquish night, and usher in the day: The wind veers southward, and moist clouds arise, That blot with shades the blue meridian skies. Cephalus feels with joy the kindly...
English. Book The Third : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE THIRD WHEN now Agenor had his daughter lost, He sent his son to search on ev'ry coast; And sternly bid him to his arms restore The darling maid, or see his face no more, But live an exile in a foreign clime; Thus was the father...
English. Book The Thirteenth : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE THIRTEENTH THE chiefs were set; the soldiers crown'd the field: To these the master of the seven-fold shield Upstarted fierce: and kindled with disdain. Eager to speak, unable to contain His boiling rage, he rowl'd his eyes...
English. Book The Fifteenth : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE FIFTEENTH A KING is sought to guide the growing state, One able to support the publick weight And fill the throne where Romulus had sate. Renown, which oft bespeaks the publick voice, Had recommended Numa to their choice:...
Latin. Liber Decimus : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER DECIMVS Inde per inmensum croceo velatus amictu aethera digreditur Ciconumque Hymenaeus ad oras tendit et Orphea nequiquam voce vocatur. adfuit ille quidem, sed nec sollemnia verba nec laetos vultus...
Latin. Liber Quintus : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], P. OVIDI NASONIS METAMORPHOSEN LIBER QVINTVS Dumque ea Cephenum medio Danaeius heros agmine commemorat, fremida regalia turba atria conplentur, nec coniugialia festa qui canat est clamor, sed qui fera nuntiet arma; inque repentinos...
English. Book The Nine : * "Metamorphoses", by Ovid, , tr. John Dryden, et al [1717], BOOK THE NINTH Theseus requests the God to tell his woes, Whence his maim'd brow, and whence his groans arose Whence thus the Calydonian stream reply'd, With twining reeds his careless tresses ty'd: Ungrateful is the tale; for who c...