The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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Page 64
... hand pursues the forlorn vine , clipping it as it grows , and prunes it to the shape he will . Be the first to dig the ground , the first to cast away and burn the ' lopped boughs , the first to carry back the poles under cover , the ...
... hand pursues the forlorn vine , clipping it as it grows , and prunes it to the shape he will . Be the first to dig the ground , the first to cast away and burn the ' lopped boughs , the first to carry back the poles under cover , the ...
Page 86
... hands ; or if the steel of the priest had given any an earlier death , that victim's entrails make no blaze on the altar ... hand with hardness . Such are the signs that go before death in the early days of the malady ; but when in its ...
... hands ; or if the steel of the priest had given any an earlier death , that victim's entrails make no blaze on the altar ... hand with hardness . Such are the signs that go before death in the early days of the malady ; but when in its ...
Page 88
... hands still on her breast - for they spread havoc through the domain far and wide , and catching its owners on the ... hand , and a pool fringed with green moss , and a thread of water coursing through the grass , and let a palm - tree ...
... hands still on her breast - for they spread havoc through the domain far and wide , and catching its owners on the ... hand , and a pool fringed with green moss , and a thread of water coursing through the grass , and let a palm - tree ...
Page 109
... hand , baffled , nor have power to prevent the king of the Teucrians from reaching Italy - because , forsooth , the Fates forbid me ? What ! was Pallas strong enough to burn up utterly the Grecian fleet , and whelm the crews in the sea ...
... hand , baffled , nor have power to prevent the king of the Teucrians from reaching Italy - because , forsooth , the Fates forbid me ? What ! was Pallas strong enough to burn up utterly the Grecian fleet , and whelm the crews in the sea ...
Page 111
... hands to the stars , fetches from his breast words like these : -O happy , thrice and again , whose lot it was , in their ... hand ? Aye , there it is that Hector , stern as in life , lies stretched by the spear of acides - there lies ...
... hands to the stars , fetches from his breast words like these : -O happy , thrice and again , whose lot it was , in their ... hand ? Aye , there it is that Hector , stern as in life , lies stretched by the spear of acides - there lies ...
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Acestes Æneas altar Anchises armour arms Ascanius Assaracus Ausonian battle bids blazing blood breast breath clouds comrades cries cruel Danaans Daphnis Dardan darts death deep destiny Dido earth Euryalus eyes fate father Faunus fire flame fleet flies fling flying fury gates give glory goddess gods gold groan hand heart heaven horse hurls Ilion Iulus javelins Jove Juno Juturna king land Latian Latinus Latium leaves light lofty look maiden Messapus Mezentius mighty Mnestheus mother Mycenae night nymphs once Pallas Pergamus Phoebus Phrygian plain prayer Priam queen quivering race rising river rock round Rutulians sail Sergestus shade shield ships shore shout side sire song soul spear stand stars steeds steel stream sword Tarchon tears tell temple terror Teucrians thee thou Tiber tree Trojan Troy turn Turnus walls warrior waves weapons whole wind wings woods words wound youth