And in the midst, and suddenly, He felt his eyes ope wide; And he lifted not his head, but saw A man's feet him beside.

The palace portal opes amain.

Fortuna opes auferre, non animum potest.

This power then opes the prison door awhile, And sends the spirit chainless o'er the earth.

Oh! that we could but pierce the siren guise, Spread out before the unsuspecting mind, Which, conscious of its innocence within, Treads on the rose-strew'd path, but finds, too late, That ruin opes its ponderous jaws beneath.

Temnere opes, pretium sceleris, patriamque tueri Fortis, ades; tibi, sponte, patet venerabile limen.