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A review by paigeweb
The Metamorphoses by Ovid
5.0
I think this will always be my favorite ancient literary work ... enjoyed taking my time with it (over an embarrassingly long 6 months).
The terror of change against the improbable hope for personal exemption.
Vivam.
"A universe where nothing stays the same, sea, sky, wind, earth, and time forever changing -
Time like a river in its ceaseless motion;
On, on, each speeding hour cannot stand still,
But as waves, thrust by waves, drive waves before them,
So time runs first or follows forever new:
The flying moment is gone, what once seemed never is now, which vanishes before we say it,
Each disappearing moment in a cycle,
Each loss replaced within the living hour."
The terror of change against the improbable hope for personal exemption.
Vivam.
"A universe where nothing stays the same, sea, sky, wind, earth, and time forever changing -
Time like a river in its ceaseless motion;
On, on, each speeding hour cannot stand still,
But as waves, thrust by waves, drive waves before them,
So time runs first or follows forever new:
The flying moment is gone, what once seemed never is now, which vanishes before we say it,
Each disappearing moment in a cycle,
Each loss replaced within the living hour."