The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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Page 12
... plain , and from briers , that know nought of culture , grapes shall hang in purple clusters , and the stubborn heart of oak shall exude dews of honey . Still , under all this show , some few traces shall remain of the sin and guile of ...
... plain , and from briers , that know nought of culture , grapes shall hang in purple clusters , and the stubborn heart of oak shall exude dews of honey . Still , under all this show , some few traces shall remain of the sin and guile of ...
Page 27
... plain , and then let down the ridge with a gentle slope , on to the water , and those old beeches with their battered tops , your Menalcas had succeeded in saving by his songs . M. Aye , so you had , and so the story went ; but our ...
... plain , and then let down the ridge with a gentle slope , on to the water , and those old beeches with their battered tops , your Menalcas had succeeded in saving by his songs . M. Aye , so you had , and so the story went ; but our ...
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... plain ; or you will sow your golden spelt when another star arises ; where you lately took off the rattling pods of a luxuriant bean crop , or the yield of the slender vetch and the bitter lupine's brittle stems and echoing jungle . For ...
... plain ; or you will sow your golden spelt when another star arises ; where you lately took off the rattling pods of a luxuriant bean crop , or the yield of the slender vetch and the bitter lupine's brittle stems and echoing jungle . For ...
Page 43
... in showers , when the plain already bristles with waving ears , and the corn on its green stem is swelling with milky juice ? Oft have I , when the farmer was taking his reaper into the yellow field , and BOOK I. 259-316 . 43 .
... in showers , when the plain already bristles with waving ears , and the corn on its green stem is swelling with milky juice ? Oft have I , when the farmer was taking his reaper into the yellow field , and BOOK I. 259-316 . 43 .
Page 46
... plain , and as she watches the sunset on her tower , the owl , all for nothing , keeps plying her weary task of song . Nisus is seen soaring in the clear sky , while Scylla suffers vengeance for the purple ringlet . Wherever her flying ...
... plain , and as she watches the sunset on her tower , the owl , all for nothing , keeps plying her weary task of song . Nisus is seen soaring in the clear sky , while Scylla suffers vengeance for the purple ringlet . Wherever her flying ...
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