virgil 3

• quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo

  As many as the leaves which glide and fall in the woods
• lapsa cadunt folia, aut ad terram gurgite ab alto

  at the first chill of autumn, or as many as the birds (which) flock together
• quam multae glomerantur aves, ubi frigidus annus

  towards the land from the deep ocean, when the cold season
• trans pontum fugat et terris immittit apricis.

  puts them to flight across the sea and sends them into sunny lands.
• stabant orantes primi transmittere cursum

  They were standing, begging to make the crossing first
• tendebantque manus ripae ulterioris amore.

  and were stretching out their hands in longing for the far bank.
• navita sed tristis nunc hos nunc accipit illos,


  But the gloomy boatman accepts now these, now those,
• ast alios longe summotos arcet harena.

  but he keeps others away, pushed back a long way from the sand.