Echo And Narcissus Section 6 Flashcards
Se cupit imprudens et qui probat, ipse probatur, dumque petit, petitur pariterque accendit et ardet
He desired himself unknowingly and he who fancied was fancied himself, and while he sought, he was sought, and equally he inflamed love and burned with love
Irrita fallaci quotiens dedit oscula fonti!
How often did he give vain kisses to the deceitful spring!
In mediis quotiens visum captantia collum bracchia mersit aquis nec se deprendit in illis!
How often did he plunge his arms into the middle of the waters, trying to clasp the neck he had seen, but he did not catch himself in them!
Quid videat nescit, sed quod videt uritur illo atque oculus idem qui decipit incitat error
He did not know what he was looking at, but he burned with what he saw and the same illusion which deceived his eyes, urged his eyes on .
