Oculique vinctaeque aureo nodo comae.———

It was thy beauty, 'twas thy pleasing smile,

Thy grace and comeliness did me beguile;

Thy rose-like cheeks, and unto purple fair

Thy lovely eyes and golden knotted hair.

[4944]Nam quis lumina tanta, tanta

Posset luminibus suis tueri,

Non statim trepidansque, palpitansque,

Prae desiderii aestuantis aura? &c.

For who such eyes with his can see,