Pyramus and Thisbe 1 - A Tale of Young Love

fissus erat tenuī rīmā, quam dūxerat ōlim, 65
cum fieret, pariēs domuī commūnis utrīque.
id vitium nūllī per saecula longa notātum -
quid nōn sentit amor? - prīmī vīdistis amantēs
et vōcis fēcistis iter, tūtaeque per illud
murmure blanditiae minimō trānsīre solēbant. 70
saepe, ubi cōnstiterant hinc Thisbē, Pȳramus illinc,
inque vicēs fuerat captātus anhēlitūs ōris,
"invide" dīcēbant "pariēs, quid amantibus obstās?
quantum erat, ut sinerēs tōtō nōs corpore iungī
aut, hoc sī nimium est, vel ad ōscula danda patērēs? 75
nec sumus ingrātī: tibi nōs dēbēre fatēmur,
quod datus est verbīs ad amīcās trānsitūs aurīs."

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Magistra Campbell
Brookwood High School
Snellville, GA

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