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came the new adventure�拭 �From thy vale�察 �Peneian Tempe�察 �turning�察 �bee´
bereft�察 �So runs the tale�察 �by famine and disease�察 �Mournful the shepherd
Aristaeus stood Fast by the haunted river´head�察 �and thus With many a
plaint to her that bare him cried�此 �Mother�察�Cyrene�察�mother�察�who hast thy
home Beneath this whirling flood�察 �if he thou sayest�察 �Apollo�察 �lord of
Thymbra�察�be my sire�察�Sprung from the Gods' high line�察�why barest thou
me With fortune's ban for birthright�拭�Where is now Thy love to me´ward
banished from thy breast�拭�O� �wherefore didst thou bid me hope for heaven�拭�
Lo� �even the crown of this poor mortal life�察�Which all my skilful care by
field and fold�察�No art neglected�察�scarce had fashioned forth�察�Even this falls
from me�察�yet thou call'st me son。 Nay�察�then�察�arise� �With thine own hands
pluck up My fruit´plantations�此�on the homestead fling Pitiless fire�察�make
havoc of my crops�察 �Burn the young plants�察 �and wield the stubborn axe
Against my vines�察�if there hath taken the Such loathing of my greatness。;
But that cry�察�Even from her chamber in the river´deeps�察�His mother heard�此�
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around her spun the nymphs Milesian wool stained through with hyaline
dye�察 �Drymo�察 �Xantho�察 �Ligea�察 �Phyllodoce�察 �Their glossy locks o'er snowy
shoulders shed�察�Cydippe and Lycorias yellow´haired�察�A maiden one�察�one
newly learned even then To bear Lucina's birth´pang。 Clio�察�too�察�And Beroe�察�
sisters�察�ocean´children both�察�Both zoned with gold and girt with dappled
fell�察�Ephyre and Opis�察�and from Asian meads Deiopea�察�and�察�bow at length
laid by�察�Fleet´footed Arethusa。 But in their midst Fair Clymene was telling
o'er the tale Of Vulcan's idle vigilance and the stealth Of Mars' sweet
rapine�察 �and from Chaos old Counted the jostling love´joys of the Gods。
Charmed by whose lay�察�the while their woolly tasks With spindles down
they drew�察�yet once again Smote on his mother's ears the mournful plaint
Of Aristaeus�察 �on their glassy thrones Amazement held them all�察 �but
Arethuse Before the rest put forth her auburn head�察 �Peering above the
wave´top�察�and from far Exclaimed�察 �Cyrene�察�sister�察�not for naught Scared
by a groan so deep�察�behold� �'tis he�察�Even Aristaeus�察�thy heart's fondest care�察�
Here by the brink of the Peneian sire Stands woebegone and weeping�察�and
by name Cries out upon thee for thy cruelty。; To whom�察 �strange terror
knocking at her heart�察 �Bring�察�bring him to our sight�察─�the mother cried�察�
;His feet may tread the threshold even of Gods。; So saying�察�she bids the
flood yawn wide and yield A pathway for his footsteps�察 �but the wave
Arched mountain´wise closed round him�察 �and within Its mighty bosom
welcomed�察 �and let speed To the deep river´bed。 And now�察 �with eyes Of
wonder gazing on his mother's hall And watery kingdom and cave´
prisoned pools And echoing groves�察 �he went�察 �and�察 �stunned by that
Stupendous whirl of waters�察�separate saw All streams beneath the mighty
earth that glide�察�Phasis and Lycus�察�and that fountain´head Whence first the
deep Enipeus leaps to light�察�Whence father Tiber�察�and whence Anio's flood�察�
And Hypanis that roars amid his rocks�察�And Mysian Caicus�察 �and�察 �bull´
browed 'Twixt either gilded horn�察 �Eridanus�察 �Than whom none other
through the laughing plains More furious pours into the purple sea。 Soon
as the chamber's hanging roof of stone Was gained�察�and now Cyrene from
her son Had heard his idle weeping�察 �in due course Clear water for his
hands the sisters bring�察�With napkins of shorn pile�察�while others heap The
board with dainties�察 �and set on afresh The brimming goblets�察 �with
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Panchaian fires Upleap the altars�察�then the mother spake�察 �Take beakers of
Maconian wine�察─ �she said�察 �Pour we to Ocean。; Ocean�察 �sire of all�察 �She
worships�察�and the sister´nymphs who guard The hundred forests and the
hundred streams�察�Thrice Vesta's fire with nectar clear she dashed�察�Thrice to
the roof´top shot the flame and shone�此 �Armed with which omen she
essayed to speak�此 �In Neptune's gulf Carpathian dwells a seer�察�Caerulean
Proteus�察 �he who metes the main With fish´drawn chariot of two´footed
steeds�察 �Now visits he his native home once more�察 �Pallene and the
Emathian ports�察�to him We nymphs do reverence�察�ay�察�and Nereus old�察�For
all things knows the seer�察�both those which are And have been�察�or which
time hath yet to bring�察�So willed it Neptune�察�whose portentous flocks�察�And
loathly sea´calves 'neath the surge he feeds。 Him first�察 �my son�察 �behoves
thee seize and bind That he may all the cause of sickness show�察�And grant
a prosperous end。 For save by force No rede will he vouchsafe�察�nor shalt
thou bend His soul by praying�察 �whom once made captive�察 �ply With
rigorous force and fetters�察 �against these His wiles will break and spend
themselves in vain。 I�察 �when the sun has lit his noontide fires�察�When the
blades thirst�察�and cattle love the shade�察�Myself will guide thee to the old
man's haunt�察�Whither he hies him weary from the waves�察�That thou mayst
safelier steal upon his sleep。 But when thou hast gripped him fast with
hand and gyve�察�Then divers forms and bestial semblances Shall mock thy
grasp�察�for sudden he will change To bristly boar�察�fell tigress�察�dragon scaled�察�
And tawny´tufted lioness�察�or send forth A crackling sound of fire�察�and so
shake of The fetters�察�or in showery drops anon Dissolve and vanish。 But
the more he shifts His endless transformations�察 �thou�察 �my son�察 �More
straitlier clench the clinging bands�察 �until His body's shape return to that
thou sawest�察 �When with closed eyelids first he sank to sleep。; So
saying�察 �an odour of ambrosial dew She sheds around�察 �and all his frame
therewith Steeps throughly�察 �forth from his trim´combed locks Breathed
effluence sweet�察�and a lithe vigour leapt Into his limbs。 There is a cavern
vast Scooped in the mountain´side�察 �where wave on wave By the wind's
stress is driven�察�and breaks far up Its inmost creeks´ safe anchorage from
of old For tempest´taken mariners�此 �therewithin�察 �Behind a rock's huge
barrier�察�Proteus hides。 Here in close covert out of the sun's eye The youth
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she places�察 �and herself the while Swathed in a shadowy mist stands far
aloof。 And now the ravening dog´star that burns up The thirsty Indians
blazed in heaven�察�his course The fiery sun had half devoured�此�the blades
Were parched�察 �and the void streams with droughty jaws Baked to their
mud´beds by the scorching ray�察 �When Proteus seeking his accustomed
cave Strode from the billows�此�round him frolicking The watery folk that
people the waste sea Sprinkled the bitter brine´dew far and wide。 Along
the shore in scattered groups to feed The sea´calves stretch them�此�while the
seer himself�察 �Like herdsman on the hills when evening bids The steers
from pasture to their stall repair�察 �And the lambs' bleating whets the
listening wolves�察�Sits midmost on the rock and tells his tale。 But Aristaeus�察�
the foe within his clutch�察 �Scarce suffering him compose his aged limbs�察�
With a great cry leapt on him�察 �and ere he rose Forestalled him with the
fetters�察�he nathless�察�All unforgetful of his ancient craft�察�Transforms himself
to every wondrous thing�察�Fire and a fearful beast�察�and flowing stream。 But
when no trickery found a path for flight�察 �Baffled at length�察 �to his own
shape returned�察 �With human lips he spake�察 �Who bade thee�察 �then�察 �So
reckless in youth's hardihood�察�affront Our portals�拭�or what wouldst thou
hence�拭─� But he�察 �Proteus�察�thou knowest�察�of thine own heart thou knowest�察�
For thee there is no cheating�察 �but cease thou To practise upon me�此 �at
heaven's behest I for my fainting fortunes hither come An oracle to ask
thee。; There he ceased。 Whereat the seer�察�by stubborn force constrained�察�
Shot forth the grey light of his gleaming eyes Upon him�察�and with fiercely
gnashing teeth Unlocks his lips to spell the fates of heaven�此 �Doubt not
'tis wrath divine that plagues thee thus�察�Nor light the debt thou payest�察�'tis
Orpheus' self�察�Orpheus unhappy by no fault of his�察�So fates prevent not�察�
fans thy penal fires�察�Yet madly raging for his ravished bride。 She in her
haste to shun thy hot pursuit Along the stream�察�saw not the coming death�察�
Where at her feet kept ward upon the bank In the tall grass a monstrous
water´snake。 But with their cries the Dryad´band her peers Filled up the
mountains to their proudest peaks�此 �Wailed for her fate the heights of
Rhodope�察�And tall Pangaea�察�and�察�beloved of Mars�察�The land that bowed to
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