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illa 'quis et me' inquit 'miseram et te perdidit, Orpheu, quis tantus furor? en iterum crudelia retro fata vocant, conditque natantia lumina somnus.
by pjungwir 14y ago
illa 'quis et me' inquit 'miseram et te perdidit, Orpheu,
quis tantus furor? en iterum crudelia retro
fata vocant, conditque natantia lumina somnus.
iamque vale: feror ingenti circumdata nocte
invalidasque tibi tendens, heu non tua, palmas.'
dixit et ex oculis subito, ceu fumus in auras
commixtus tenuis, fugit diversa, neque illum
prensantem nequiquam umbras et multa volentem
dicere praeterea vidit; nec portitor Orci
amplius obiectam passus transire paludem.
- tnorthcutt 14y agoVirgil != Vigil
- pjungwir 14y agoOops, sure enough. Somehow I read "r"s into that whole Github page! I guess you see what you expect to see. You have to admit though that all its moral language sounds a lot like Aeneas. :-)