The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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Page 13
... breath be granted me enough to tell of thy deeds ! I will be o'er- matched in song by none - not by Orpheus of Thrace , nor by Linus , though that were backed by his mother , and this by his father - Orpheus by Calliope , Linus by ...
... breath be granted me enough to tell of thy deeds ! I will be o'er- matched in song by none - not by Orpheus of Thrace , nor by Linus , though that were backed by his mother , and this by his father - Orpheus by Calliope , Linus by ...
Page 29
... breath of murmuring wind , as you may see , has fallen dead . Here we are just half - way , for the tomb of Bianor is becoming visible ; here , where the husbandmen are lopping those thick leaves ; here , Moris , let us stop and sing ...
... breath of murmuring wind , as you may see , has fallen dead . Here we are just half - way , for the tomb of Bianor is becoming visible ; here , where the husbandmen are lopping those thick leaves ; here , Moris , let us stop and sing ...
Page 41
... breath of her orient steeds panting up our sky , among them Vesper , all crimson , is lighting its evening torch . Hence it is that we can foretell the changes of the fitful heaven , the harvest - tide , and the time for sowing , and ...
... breath of her orient steeds panting up our sky , among them Vesper , all crimson , is lighting its evening torch . Hence it is that we can foretell the changes of the fitful heaven , the harvest - tide , and the time for sowing , and ...
Page 55
... breath , and relieving the asthma of old age . But neither Median forests , wealthiest of climes , nor lovely Ganges ... breathing fire from their nostrils , have ploughed the soil ; where no enormous dragons ' teeth were ever sown ...
... breath , and relieving the asthma of old age . But neither Median forests , wealthiest of climes , nor lovely Ganges ... breathing fire from their nostrils , have ploughed the soil ; where no enormous dragons ' teeth were ever sown ...
Page 61
... breath of the northern blasts , for then winter seals up the ground with cold and does not suffer the plant when set to strike its frozen root into the soil . The best planting season for vines is the bloom of spring , at the return of ...
... breath of the northern blasts , for then winter seals up the ground with cold and does not suffer the plant when set to strike its frozen root into the soil . The best planting season for vines is the bloom of spring , at the return of ...
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