The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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Page 15
... and looking down on the clouds and stars under his feet , whereat a wild and eager rapture is taking hold of the woods and the rest of rustic life , seizing on Pan and the shepherds , and the Dryad maids . No more does ECLOGUE V. 4-59 . 15.
... and looking down on the clouds and stars under his feet , whereat a wild and eager rapture is taking hold of the woods and the rest of rustic life , seizing on Pan and the shepherds , and the Dryad maids . No more does ECLOGUE V. 4-59 . 15.
Page 18
... clouds are drawn up higher , just as the woods first begin to rise from the ground , and living things wander thinly over mountains that never saw them before . From this he comes to tell of the stones that Pyrrha threw behind her , the ...
... clouds are drawn up higher , just as the woods first begin to rise from the ground , and living things wander thinly over mountains that never saw them before . From this he comes to tell of the stones that Pyrrha threw behind her , the ...
Page 40
... clouds hang unbroken . Spring is the sow- ing time for beans - then , too , the lucerne is welcomed by the fallow furrows , and millet claims its yearly care , when the snow - white Bull with his gilded horns throws open the year , and ...
... clouds hang unbroken . Spring is the sow- ing time for beans - then , too , the lucerne is welcomed by the fallow furrows , and millet claims its yearly care , when the snow - white Bull with his gilded horns throws open the year , and ...
Page 44
... clouds mustering from the length and breadth of heaven , and making their dark storms into one great murky tempest ; down crashes the whole dome of the firmament , washing away before the mighty rain - deluge all those smiling crops ...
... clouds mustering from the length and breadth of heaven , and making their dark storms into one great murky tempest ; down crashes the whole dome of the firmament , washing away before the mighty rain - deluge all those smiling crops ...
Page 45
... clouds . Often , too , when wind is near , you will see stars shooting headlong from the sky , with long trails of flame behind them , glimmering white through the blackness of night ; often you will see light chaff and fallen leaves ...
... clouds . Often , too , when wind is near , you will see stars shooting headlong from the sky , with long trails of flame behind them , glimmering white through the blackness of night ; often you will see light chaff and fallen leaves ...
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