Book 5.835-846
In the middle of the night, Sleep comes to Palinurus and asks to relieve him of duty.
Iamque fere mediam caeli Nox humida metam
835
contigerat; placida laxabant membra quiete
836
sub remis fusi per dura sedilia nautae:
837
cum levis aetheriis delapsus Somnus ab astris
838
aera dimovit tenebrosum et dispulit umbras,
839
te, Palinure, petens, tibi somnia tristia portans
840
insonti; puppique deus consedit in alta,
841
Phorbanti similis, funditque has ore loquelas:
842
“Iaside Palinure, ferunt ipsa aequora classem;
843
aequatae spirant aurae; datur hora quieti.
844
Pone caput, fessosque oculos furare labori:
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ipse ego paulisper pro te tua munera inibo.”
846