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A Translation of the First Book of Ovid's Tristia
A Translation of the First Book of Ovid's Tristia Author:Ovid Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ARGUMENT. Br prosopopeia, the Poet directs his Book to enter Rome in a garb becoming the production of an exile—gives instructions for its demeanour there—cla... more »ims indulgence, from the circumstances under which it was written—cautions it to avoid Caesar's palace, that being the place from which the thunder was launched on the Poet's head—details the circumstances under which it may approach the Emperor, but directs it to take heed that while intending benefit, it occasions no further harm— observes, that on arriving at his dwelling, it will meet brothers, and warns it to avoid those that teach the Art of Love—finally, bids it hasten its journey. The Elegy is interspersed throughout with affecting reflections, and illustrations, arising out of the writer's situation. chapter{Section 4ELEGIA I. Parve, (nec invideo) sine me, Liber, ibis in Urbem : (Hei mini!) quo domino non licet ire tuo. Vade, sed incultus; qualem decet exsulis esse. Infelix, habitum temporis hujus habe. Nec te purpureo velent vaccinia fuco : Non est conveniens luctibus ille color. Nec titulus minio, nec cedro charta notetur : Candida nec nigra cornua fronte geras. Felices ornent heec instrumenta libellos ; Fortunae memorem te decet esse meae. Nec fragili gemmae poliantur pumice frontes : Hirsutus passis ut videare comis. Neve liturarum pudeat. Qui viderit illas, De lacrimis factas sentiet esse meis. chapter{Section 5ELEGY I. Without me, neither envy I your doom, Shall you, my little volume, enter Rome, Where, ah! distressing destiny indeed ! Not licens'd is your master to proceed : But as an exile's, go in coarse array, And wretched, bear the habit of the day; No berries veil you with impurpling glow, That tint accords not with a state of wo ; No gay vermilion let your title wea...« less