The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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Page 50
... sword blade . In the East , Euphrates is stirring up war , in the West Germany ; nay , close - neighbouring cities break their mutual league and draw the sword and the war - god's unhallowed fury rages the whole earth through ; even as ...
... sword blade . In the East , Euphrates is stirring up war , in the West Germany ; nay , close - neighbouring cities break their mutual league and draw the sword and the war - god's unhallowed fury rages the whole earth through ; even as ...
Page 67
... sword's point , winding their way into courts and kings ' chambers . One is carrying havoc into a city and its wretched homes , all that he may have a gem to drink out of , and Tyrian purple to sleep on ; another is hoarding up wealth ...
... sword's point , winding their way into courts and kings ' chambers . One is carrying havoc into a city and its wretched homes , all that he may have a gem to drink out of , and Tyrian purple to sleep on ; another is hoarding up wealth ...
Page 69
... sword on the stubborn anvil were sounds unknown . But we have traversed a tract of boundless length and breadth , and it is high time to unyoke the steaming necks of our horses . BOOK III . Or thee , too , mighty Pales BOOK II . 508-542 ...
... sword on the stubborn anvil were sounds unknown . But we have traversed a tract of boundless length and breadth , and it is high time to unyoke the steaming necks of our horses . BOOK III . Or thee , too , mighty Pales BOOK II . 508-542 ...
Page 126
... sword into the homes of Libya - to snatch booty . and hurry it to the shore ; such violence is not in our nature ; such insolence were not for the vanquished . There is a place -the Greeks call it Hesperia - a land old in story , strong ...
... sword into the homes of Libya - to snatch booty . and hurry it to the shore ; such violence is not in our nature ; such insolence were not for the vanquished . There is a place -the Greeks call it Hesperia - a land old in story , strong ...
Page 137
... sword and havoc into the Argive lurking - place , and Troy would now be standing , and thou , Priam's tall fortress , still in being . ' Meanwhile , see ! some Dardan shepherds are dragging with loud shouts before the king a young man ...
... sword and havoc into the Argive lurking - place , and Troy would now be standing , and thou , Priam's tall fortress , still in being . ' Meanwhile , see ! some Dardan shepherds are dragging with loud shouts before the king a young man ...
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