Tristia

Ovid

Ovid: Tristia. Ponto. Wheeler, Arthur Leslie, editor. Cambridge, MA; London, UK: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd., 1939 (printing).

  1. nec natum in flamma vidisset, in arbore natas,
  2. cepisset genitor si Phaëthonta Merops.
  3. tu quoque formida nimium sublimia semper,
  4. propositique, precor, contrahe vela tui.
  5. nam pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae
  6. dignus es et fato candidiore frui.