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soul:    By    snow…bound       Tanais    and    the   icy  north;    Far   steppes    to  frost 

Rhipaean forever wed; Alone he wandered; lost Eurydice Lamenting; and 

the   gifts   of   Dis   ungiven。   Scorned   by   which   tribute   the   Ciconian   dames; 

Amid   their   awful   Bacchanalian   rites   And   midnight   revellings;   tore   him 

limb from limb; And strewed his fragments over the wide fields。 Then too; 

even   then;   what   time   the   Hebrus   stream;   Oeagrian   Hebrus;   down   mid… 

current   rolled;   Rent   from  the   marble   neck;   his   drifting   head; The   death… 

chilled tongue found yet a voice to cry 'Eurydice! ah! poor Eurydice!' With 

parting breath he called her; and the banks From the broad stream caught 

up 'Eurydice!'〃         So Proteus ending plunged into the deep; And; where he 

plunged; beneath the eddying whirl Churned into foam the water; and was 

gone;     But   not   Cyrene;     who    unquestioned      thus   Bespake      the   trembling 

listener:   〃Nay;   my   son;   From   that   sad   bosom   thou   mayst   banish   care: 

Hence came that plague of sickness; hence the nymphs; With whom in the 

tall   woods   the   dance   she   wove;   Wrought   on   thy   bees;   alas!   this   deadly 

bane。   Bend   thou   before   the   Dell…nymphs;   gracious   powers:   Bring   gifts; 

and sue for pardon: they will grant Peace to thine asking; and an end of 

wrath。 But how to approach them will I first unfold… Four chosen bulls of 

peerless   form   and   bulk;   That   browse   to…day   the   green   Lycaean   heights; 

Pick    from   thy   herds;    as   many   kine    to   match;    Whose     necks    the   yoke 

pressed never: then for these Build up four altars by the lofty fanes; And 

from their throats let gush the victims' blood; And in the greenwood leave 

their bodies lone。 Then; when the ninth dawn hath displayed its beams; To 

Orpheus shalt thou send his funeral dues; Poppies of Lethe; and let slay a 

sheep Coal…black; then seek the grove again; and soon For pardon found 

adore          Eurydice          With        a       slain       calf        for       victim。〃 



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No delay: The self…same hour he hies him forth to do His mother's bidding: 

to   the   shrine   he   came; The   appointed   altars   reared;   and   thither   led   Four 

chosen   bulls   of   peerless   form   and   bulk;   With   kine   to   match;   that   never 

yoke   had   known;   Then;   when   the   ninth   dawn   had   led   in   the   day;   To 

Orpheus   sent   his   funeral   dues;   and   sought   The   grove   once   more。   But 

sudden;   strange      to  tell   A   portent  they   espy:   through     the  oxen's    flesh; 

Waxed soft in dissolution; hark! there hum Bees from the belly; the rent 

ribs overboil In endless clouds they spread them; till at last On yon tree… 

top   together   fused   they   cling;   And   drop   their   cluster   from   the   bending 

boughs。        So sang I of the tilth of furrowed fields; Of flocks and trees; 

while   Caesar's   majesty   Launched   forth   the   levin…bolts   of   war   by   deep 

Euphrates; and bare rule o'er willing folk Though vanquished; and essayed 

the   heights   of   heaven。   I   Virgil   then;   of   sweet   Parthenope   The   nursling; 

wooed       the  flowery     walks     of  peace     Inglorious;    who     erst   trilled  for 

shepherd…wights The wanton ditty; and sang in saucy youth Thee; Tityrus; 

'neath the spreading beech tree's shade。 



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