The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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Page 11
... length ; the grand file of the ages is being born anew ; at length the virgin is returning , returning too the reign of Saturn ; at length a new generation is descending from heaven on high . Do but thou smile thy pure smile on the ...
... length ; the grand file of the ages is being born anew ; at length the virgin is returning , returning too the reign of Saturn ; at length a new generation is descending from heaven on high . Do but thou smile thy pure smile on the ...
Page 12
... length of the glories of heroes and thy father's deeds , and to acquaint thy- self with the nature of manly worth , the yellow of the waving corn shall steal gradually over the plain , and from briers , that know nought of culture ...
... length of the glories of heroes and thy father's deeds , and to acquaint thy- self with the nature of manly worth , the yellow of the waving corn shall steal gradually over the plain , and from briers , that know nought of culture ...
Page 13
... length at hand - thou best - loved offspring of the gods , august scion of Jove ! Look upon the world as it totters beneath the mass of its overhanging dome - earth and the expanse of sea and the deep of heaven - look how all are ...
... length at hand - thou best - loved offspring of the gods , august scion of Jove ! Look upon the world as it totters beneath the mass of its overhanging dome - earth and the expanse of sea and the deep of heaven - look how all are ...
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... length the earth is surprised to see a new sun break into light above it , and the rain has a longer fall as the clouds are drawn up higher , just as the woods first begin to rise from the ground , and living things wander thinly over ...
... length the earth is surprised to see a new sun break into light above it , and the rain has a longer fall as the clouds are drawn up higher , just as the woods first begin to rise from the ground , and living things wander thinly over ...
Page 21
... length in polished marble , with purple buskins tied round thy legs . T. A bowl of milk and these cakes , Priapus , are enough for thee to look for year by year ; the orchard thou guardest is but a poor one , so we have had to make thee ...
... length in polished marble , with purple buskins tied round thy legs . T. A bowl of milk and these cakes , Priapus , are enough for thee to look for year by year ; the orchard thou guardest is but a poor one , so we have had to make thee ...
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