ergo ratus nihil Elysias ibi posse Sorores, laetus adulantem nunc hoc, nunc margine ab illo transit avum, levat unda gradus, seu defluus ille, sive obliquus eat; nec cum subit obvius ullas stagna dedere moras pariterque revertitur amnis.
So thinking that the Elysian Sisters had no power therein, he merrily traverses his caressing grandfather now from this bank, now from that. The wave lifts his steps whether he goes downstream or athwart; and when he meets its path, the river delays him not at all but turns back along with him.
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