Now Daedalus , behold, by fate assign'd
129 Tuesday, 11 June 1751
Nunc, o nunc, Daedale, dixit,
Materiam, qua sis ingeniosus, habes.
Possidet en terras, et possidet aequora Minos:
Nec tellus nostrae, nec patet unda fugae.
Restat iter caelo: caelo tentabimus ire.
Da veniam caepto, Jupiter alte, meo.
Ovid [Ars Amat. II 33 8]
Now Daedalus , behold, by fate assign'd,
A task proportion'd to thy mighty mind!
Unconquer'd bars on earth and sea withstand;
Thine, Minos , is the main, and thine the land.
The skies are open — let us try the skies:
Forgive, great Jove , the daring enterprize.
Nunc, o nunc, Daedale, dixit,
Materiam, qua sis ingeniosus, habes.
Possidet en terras, et possidet aequora Minos:
Nec tellus nostrae, nec patet unda fugae.
Restat iter caelo: caelo tentabimus ire.
Da veniam caepto, Jupiter alte, meo.
Ovid [Ars Amat. II 33 8]
Now Daedalus , behold, by fate assign'd,
A task proportion'd to thy mighty mind!
Unconquer'd bars on earth and sea withstand;
Thine, Minos , is the main, and thine the land.
The skies are open — let us try the skies:
Forgive, great Jove , the daring enterprize.
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