The story of the Babylonian lovers, whose trysting-place was under the white mulberry-tree near the tomb of Ninus, and whose blood changed the fruit from white to purple, is too well known to need comment. Ovid, Metamorphoses IV , Eusden’s Tr. :⁠—

“At Thisbe’s name awaked, he opened wide

His dying eyes; with dying eyes he tried

On her to dwell, but closed them slow and died.”

“At Thisbe’s name awaked, he opened wide His dying eyes; with dying eyes he tried On her to dwell, but closed them slow and died.”