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AUSONIUS.
Vane, quid affectas faciem mihi ponere, pictor,
Ignotamque oculis solicitare manu?
Aeris et venti sum
filia, mater inanis
Indicii, vocemque sine mente gero.
Auribus in vestris habito penetrabilis echo;
Si mihi
vis similem pingere, pinge sonos.
IN ENGLISH.
Vain painter, why dost strive my face to draw
With busy hands? a goddesse eyes nere saw.
Daughter
of air and wind, I do rejoyce
In empty shouts;
(without a mind) a voice.
Within your ears shrill
echo I rebound,
And, if you'l paint me like, then
paint a sound.
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