Venus revenge hath begot,

vile designed abhorrent plot.

Phoebus oggles Leucothoe's cleave.

In mother's garb his bosoms heave.

She affrights and then beholds,

as the god's intention unfolds.

While pining whining clytie writhes.

Scatters to wind, unfolding myths.

Fathers love to anger done.

Interred her breathing, under the sun.

Phoebus held by godly restraint,

as the banshees , evil paint.

Upon her, limp! He, nectar pours.

And, her, to a frankincense bush, restores!

Clytie unquenched, forlorn sits.

Watches the chariot and fades to bits.

Nine days gaze and her endless search.

Her, to a violet turns, under the birch.

original

saadat tahir

(Islamabad)

(Sep o4, 2009)

Adapted central idea from

The Sun-god and Leucothoe

BOOK IV

Metamorphoses-Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso

(20 March 43 BC  AD 17 or 18), known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who wrote about love, seduction, and mythological transformation.

He is considered a master of the elegiac couplet

.hence the couplets here!