Ire, et adoratis vellet difcedere Nymph Haeferunt radice pedes. convellere pug Nec quidquam,nifi fumma,movet. fuccre Totaque paulatim lentus premit inguina Ut vidit, conata manu laniare capillos, Fronde manum implevit; frondes caput nebant.

At puer Amphiffos (namque hoc avus E Addiderat nomen) materna rigefcere fe Ubera: nec fequitur ducentem lacteus E Spectatrix aderam fati crudelis; opemqu Non poteram tibi ferre, foror: quantumque Crefcentem truncum ramofque amplexa, Et (fateor) volui fub eodem cortice conc Ecce vir Andraemon, genitorque miferr

funt;

Et quaerunt Dryopen: Dryopen quaerer Oftendi loton. tepido dant ofcula ligno,

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And found the springs, that ne'er till then deny'd
Their milky moisture, on a fudden dry'd,
I faw, unhappy! what I now relate,
And stood the helpless witnefs of thy fate,

Embrac'd thy boughs, thy rifing bark delay'd, 55
There wish'd to grow, and mingle shade with fhade,
Behold Andræmon and th' unhappy fire
Appear, and for their Dryope enquire;
A fpringing tree for Dryope they find,
And print warm kiffes on the panting rind. to

Ire, et adoratis vellet difcedere Nymph Haeferunt radice pedes. convellere pug Nec quidquam,nifi fumma,movet. fuccre Totaque paulatim lentus premit inguina Ut vidit, conata manu laniare capillos, Fronde manum implevit; frondes caput nebant.

At puer Amphiffos (namque hoc avus E Addiderat nomen) materna rigefcere fe. Ubera: nec fequitur ducentem lacteus h Spectatrix aderam fati crudelis; opemq Non poteram tibi ferre, foror: quantumque Crefcentem truncum ramofque amplexa, Et (fateor) volui fub eodem cortice conc Ecce vir Andraemon, genitorque miferr

funt;

Et quaerunt Dryopen: Dryopen quaerer Oftendi loton. tepido dant ofcula ligno,

at:

And firft the pardon of the nymphs implor'd,
And thofe offended fylvan pow'rs ador'd:

it ab But when the backward would have fled, the found

orter. Her ftiff'ning feet were rooted in the ground: 40 In vain to free her faften'd feet the ftrove,

And as the ftruggles, only moves above;
She feels th' encroaching bark around her grow
By quick degrees, and cover all below:
Surpriz'd at this, her trembling hand the heaves
To rend her hair; her hand is fill'd with leaves:

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And found the springs, that ne'er till then deny'd

Their milky moisture, on a fudden dry'd.

I saw, unhappy! what I now

relate,

And ftood the helpless witness of thy fate,
Embrac'd thy boughs, thy rifing bark delay'd, 55
There wish'd to grow, and mingle fhade with fhade.
Behold Andræmon and th' unhappy fire
Appear, and for their Dryope enquire;
A springing tree for Dryope they find,
And print warm kiffes on the panting rind. to

P

Ire, et adoratis vellet difcedere Nymph Haeferunt radice pedes. convellere pug Nec quidquam,nifi fumma,movet. fuccre Totaque paulatim lentus premit inguinal Ut vidit, conata manu laniare capillos, Fronde manum implevit; frondes caput nebant.

At puer Amphiffos (namque hoc avus E Addiderat nomen) materna rigefcere fe Ubera: nec fequitur ducentem lacteus h Spectatrix aderam fati crudelis; opemq. Non poteram tibi ferre, foror: quantumque Crefcentem truncum ramofque amplexa, Et (fateor) volui fub eodem cortice cond Ecce vir Andraemon, genitorque miferr funt;

Et quaerunt Dryopen: Dryopen quaerer Oftendi loton. tepido dant ofcula ligno,