Diminui, neque graminibus, magicisque susurris.

A fire he took into his breast,

Which water could not quench.

Nor herb, nor art, nor magic spells

Could quell, nor any drench.

[5354]Sic candentia colla, sic patens frons,

Sic me blanda tui Neaera ocelli,

Sic pares minio genae perurunt,

Ut ni me lachrymae rigent perennes,

Totus in tenues eam favillas.