constitit Alcides, visuque enisus in alta rupe truces manicas defectaque virginis ora cernit et ad primos turgentia lumina fletus; exanimum veluti multa tamen arte coactum maeret ebur, Pariusve notas et nomina sumit cum lapis aut liquidi referunt miranda colores.
Hercules halted, and straining his gaze upwards sees upon a high crag galling shackles and the worn face of a maiden, her eyes brimful to the verge of weeping; just as when lifeless ivory is yet constrained by mastering skill to weep, or Parian marble assumes mans lineaments and person, or flowing colours bring wonders before us.
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