Hic tibi ne qua morae fuerint dispendia tanti, quamuis…

Hic tibi ne qua morae fuerint dispendia tanti,
quamuis increpitent socii et ui cursus in altum
uela uocet, possisque sinus implere secundos,
quin adeas uatem precibusque oracula poscas
ipsa canat uocemque uolens atque ora resoluat.
illa tibi Italiae populos uenturaque bella
et quo quemque modo fugiasque ferasque laborem
expediet, cursusque dabit uenerata secundos.
haec sunt quae nostra liceat te uoce moneri.

Sourced, The Aeneid
Translation: Think it not loss of time a while to stay, Tho’ thy companions chide thy long delay; Tho’ summon’d to the seas, tho’ pleasing gales Invite thy course, and stretch thy swelling sails: But beg the sacred priestess to relate With willing words, and not to write thy fate… She shall direct thy course, instruct thy mind, And teach thee how the happy shores to find. This is what Heav’n allows me to relate: Now part in peace; pursue thy better fate,. Book III, lines 453-461

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