[5339]O niveam quae te poterit mihi reddere lucem,
O mihi felicem terque quaterque diem.
[5340]Et quamvis aberat placidae praesentia formae
Quem dederat praesens forma, manebat amor.
Now if this passion of love can produce such effects, if it be pleasantly intended, what bitter torments shall it breed, when it is with fear and continual sorrow, suspicion, care, agony, as commonly it is, still accompanied, what an intolerable [5343]pain must it be?
———Non tam grandes
Gargara culmos, quot demerso
Pectore curas longa nexas
Usque catena, vel quae penitus
Crudelis amor vulnera miscet.