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<strong>©Biblioteca</strong> <strong>Nacional</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Colombia</strong><br />
122 VERGILI AENEIS VI.<br />
Et centumgeminus Briareus, ac bellua Lernae,<br />
Horrendum stri<strong>de</strong>ns, flammisque armata Ohimaera,<br />
Gorgones Harpyiaeque et forma tricorporis umbrae.<br />
Oorripit hic subita trepidus formidine ferrum 290<br />
Aeneas, strictamque aciem venientibus offert j<br />
Et, ni docta comes tenues sine corpore vitas<br />
Admoneat volitare cava sub imagine formae,<br />
Irruat, et frustra ferro diver beret umbras.<br />
Hinc via, Tartarei quae fert Acherontis ad undas. 295<br />
Turbidus hic caeno vastaque voragine gurges<br />
Aestuat atque omnem Cocyto eructat arenam.<br />
Portitor has horrendus aquas et flumina sen"at<br />
Terribili squalore Charon, cui plurima mento<br />
Canities inculta jacet, stant lumina fiamma, 300<br />
Sordidus ex humeris nodo <strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>t amictus.<br />
Ipse ratem conto subigit, velisque ministrat,<br />
Et ferruginea subvectat corpora cymba,<br />
J am senior, sed cruda <strong>de</strong>o viridisque senectus.<br />
Huc omnis turba ad ripas effusa ruebat, 305<br />
Mah·es atque viri, <strong>de</strong>functaque corpora vita<br />
Magnanimiim heroum, pueri innuptaeque puellae,<br />
Impositique rogisjuvenes ante ora parentum:<br />
, (luam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo<br />
Lapsa cadunt folia, aut ad ten·am gurgite ab alto 310<br />
Quam multae glomerantur aves, ubi frigiclus annus<br />
Trans pontum fugat et terris imrnittit apricis.<br />
Stabant orantes primi transmittere CUI·sum,<br />
Ten<strong>de</strong>bantque manus ripae ulterioris amore j<br />
N avita sed tristis nunc hos, nunc accipit illos, 315<br />
Ast alios longe submotos arcet arena.<br />
Aeneas (miratus enim motusque tumultu)<br />
"Dic" ait, "0 virgo, quid vult concursus ad amnem?<br />
Quidve petunt animae? vel quo discrirnine ripas<br />
Hae linquunt, illae remis vada livida vcrrunt? " 320<br />
011i sic breviter fata est longaeva sacerdos :<br />
" An chis a generate, <strong>de</strong>um certissima proles,<br />
Cocyti stagna alta vi<strong>de</strong>s Stygiamque palu<strong>de</strong>m,<br />
Di cajus jurare timent et fall ere numen.
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