Purior electro campum petit Amnis.
IVULE, qvo memini puerum me saepe lavari, Purior electro splendidiorqve vitro,
Tu sine montanis torrentibus et sine saxis Curris inoffensas lubrica lympha vias; Te primos latices de matre palude trahentem Dulcibus illecebris daedalus error agit, Aut ubi betullae frondet nemus, aut ubi pinus, Saeptave pensilibus luxuriosa rosis. Sic semper tibi riparum per amoena vireta Mille boves passim, mille vagentur oves : Et tibi non desint nymphae ad mulctrale canentes, Laetaqve pastorum vallis arundinibus:
Et te prisca fides et nescia fallere virtus
Et labor assiduo sole perustus amet,
Cordaqve coniurata virum dextraeqve paratae Custodire, qvibus iure fruuntur, opes.
redeunt moriturae grata diei,
Cum iubar in tacito liqvitur omne salo.
Somnia tum revocant exactos dulcia soles,
Suspiroqve memor vespere, cara, tui.
Dumqve mihi tremula freta levia luce recedunt Usqve sub Hesperia qva rubet unda face, Mens avet aurato vestigia ponere tractu, Inqve locos laetos rapta qviete frui.
RAETEREAS unam, Luci, lucrabere: cuivis Qvi procus est viduae, nubere nulla solet.
E on his impious foes right onward drove, Gloomy as night: under his burning wheels The stedfast empyrean shook throughout, Full soon
All but the throne itself of God.
Among them he arrived, in his right hand Grasping ten thousand thunders, which he sent Before him, such as in their souls infixed Plagues. They, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage; down their idle weapons dropt. O'er shields and helms and helmed heads he rode Of thrones and mighty seraphim prostrate, That wished the mountains now might be again Thrown on them as a shelter from his ire. Nor less on either side tempestuous fell His arrows, from the fourfold-visaged Four Distinct with eyes, and from the living wheels Distinct alike with multitude of eyes.
One spirit in them ruled, and every eye
Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire Among the accursed, that withered all their strength, And of their wonted vigour left them drained,
Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fallen.
Yet half his strength he put not forth, but checked
His thunder in mid volley; for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of heaven. The overthrown he raised; and as a herd Of goats or timorous flock together thronged, Drove them before him thunderstruck, pursued With terrors and with furies to the bounds And crystal wall of heaven, which, opening wide, Rolled inward, and a spacious gap disclosed Into the wasteful deep. The monstrous sight Struck them with horror backward, but far worse Urged them behind; headlong themselves they threw
Μέγαν δ ̓ ἐλέλιξεν Ολυμπον.
ROTINUS incestos atrae se noctis in hostes Coniicit instar habens, ardescentumqve rotarum Vi tremit ex imis radicibus ignifer aether. Unius inconcussa suo stat robore sedes Ipsa Dei. Tanto ruit impete et ilicet hostem Asseqvitur, dextraqve tonitrua vindice circum Innumero vibrat numero, praemissaqve tela Torqvet agens ante atqve infigit corde sub alto Pestes. Attoniti cessant obsistere, cessat Robur, et e manibus procumbit inutile ferrum. Scuta super galeasqve simul galeataqve regum Magnanimumqve ducum pergit capita ire iacentum. Qvam vellent iterum, diis tutamen ab iris, Montibus urgeri: sed utrimqve haud setius urget Tempestas telorum ac ferreus ingruit imber.
Quattuor hunc formae emittunt totidem ora ferentes, Qvaeqve suis distincta oculis, pariterqve rotarum Innumeris distincta oculis animataqve virtus. Sed cunctos mens una regit, sed lumina flammis Singula fulmineis rutilant, unde emicat ignis Exitioqve uno sceleratorum agmina miscet. Vis exusta perit, solitus vigor ossa relinqvit, Spemqve animumqve simul disiectaqve robora ponunt. Sed neqve dimidias vires exercet, et ignem
Lapsu inhibet medio; neqve enim rescindere ad unum, Sed toto voluit penitus convellere caelo. Ille solo levat eversos; qvalesqve caprarum Aut ovium imbelles se conglomerare catervas Vidimus, afflatos tonitru fugat ante corusco, Terga premente metu furiisqve seqvacibus usqve Limen ad extremum et crystallina moenia caeli. Illa patent late atqve in se revoluta residunt, Ingentemqve aditum pandunt ad inane profundum, Horrendum aspectu. Fugiunt formidine retro;
Down from the verge of heaven: eternal wrath Burnt after them to the bottomless pit.
Hell heard the unsufferable noise, Hell saw Heaven ruining from Heaven, and would have fled Affrighted; but strict fate had cast too deep Her dark foundations, and too fast had bound. Nine days they fell. Confounded Chaos roared, And felt tenfold confusion in their fall Through his wild anarchy; so huge a rout Encumbered him with ruin. Hell at last Yawning received them whole, and on them closed ; Hell their fit habitation, fraught with fire
Unquenchable, the house of woe and pain.
E died, and left the world behind; His once wild heart is cold;
His once keen eye is quelled and blind :
What more?-His tale is told.
He came; and baring his heaven-bright thought, He earned the base world's ban;
And, having vainly lived and taught,
Gave place to a meaner man.
Pone tamen graviora instant: de limite caeli Dant se praecipites: sed inexsaturabilis ira Ardet adhuc imasqve Erebi sectatur in umbras. Audiit infandum sedes inferna fragorem, De caeloqve ruens caelum conspexit, et imos Qvaesierat percussa nova formidine tractus; Ni nimium immoto nigras fundamine sedes Hoc metuens iecisset ineluctabile fatum, Vincla super nimium arta addens. Labentibus ibat Nona dies. Chaos audita mugire ruina Attonitumqve decemgeminos sentire tumultus Per discordia regna plagasqve sine ordine fusas : Tantae stragis erat vasta sub mole gravatum. Tandem Erebus magno integros accepit hiatu, Acceptosqve sinu clausit: nec talibus ullum Aptius hospitium; numqvam hic desaeviit ardor Igneus; hic posuere cubilia luctus et angor.
ORTUUS est superaqve excessit luce: refrixit Cor igne qvondam fervidum: Obruit atra qvies oculi penetrabile fulgur: Qvid restat? Acta fabula est.
Venit clara docens caeli praecepta: docentem Sprevere cives sordidi:
Sic labor effluxit vanus. Nunc illius implet Natura crassior locum.
UM Sapiente Pius nostras iuravit in aras, Impius heu Sapiens insipiensqve Pius.
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