The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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... things to little . But I found her carrying her head as high among all other cities as cypresses do among your bending hedgerow trees . M. And what was the mighty reason of your visiting Rome ? T. Freedom , which cast an eye on me in my ...
... things to little . But I found her carrying her head as high among all other cities as cypresses do among your bending hedgerow trees . M. And what was the mighty reason of your visiting Rome ? T. Freedom , which cast an eye on me in my ...
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... things : he makes the earth fruitful , and he has a thought for verses like mine . M. I am Phoebus's favourite . Phoebus always finds with me his own peculiar presents , the bay and the sweet ruddy hyacinth . D. Galatea flings an apple ...
... things : he makes the earth fruitful , and he has a thought for verses like mine . M. I am Phoebus's favourite . Phoebus always finds with me his own peculiar presents , the bay and the sweet ruddy hyacinth . D. Galatea flings an apple ...
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... all lands shall produce all things ; the ground shall not feel the harrow , nor the vine- yard the pruning - hook ; the sturdy ploughman , too , shall at 1 length set his bullocks free from the yoke ; 12 THE BUCOLICS .
... all lands shall produce all things ; the ground shall not feel the harrow , nor the vine- yard the pruning - hook ; the sturdy ploughman , too , shall at 1 length set his bullocks free from the yoke ; 12 THE BUCOLICS .
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... things had a beginning , and the new - born orb of the universe grew into shape . Next , the soil began to harden , and leave Nereus to be shut up in the sea , and by degrees to assume the forms of things , so that at length the earth ...
... things had a beginning , and the new - born orb of the universe grew into shape . Next , the soil began to harden , and leave Nereus to be shut up in the sea , and by degrees to assume the forms of things , so that at length the earth ...
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... things of men . Take up with me , my pipe , the song of Mænalus . It was in our enclosure I saw you gathering apples with the dew on them . I myself showed you the way , in company with my mother - my twelfth year had just bidden me ...
... things of men . Take up with me , my pipe , the song of Mænalus . It was in our enclosure I saw you gathering apples with the dew on them . I myself showed you the way , in company with my mother - my twelfth year had just bidden me ...
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