The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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Page 12
... walls round them , to cleave furrows in the soil of earth . A second Tiphys shall there be in those days - a second Argo to convey the flower of chivalry ; a second war of heroes , too , shall there be , and a second time shall Achilles ...
... walls round them , to cleave furrows in the soil of earth . A second Tiphys shall there be in those days - a second Argo to convey the flower of chivalry ; a second war of heroes , too , shall there be , and a second time shall Achilles ...
Page 56
... walls . Or shall I speak of the two seas that wash it above and below ? or of those mighty lakes - of thee , Larius , the greatest , and thee , Benacus , heaving with the swell and the roar of ocean ? or tell of the harbours and the ...
... walls . Or shall I speak of the two seas that wash it above and below ? or of those mighty lakes - of thee , Larius , the greatest , and thee , Benacus , heaving with the swell and the roar of ocean ? or tell of the harbours and the ...
Page 68
... and his brother ; such , in fact , the life in which Etruria grew to strength , and in which Rome has become the glory of the earth , embracing seven hills with the wall of a single city . Nay , in days before 68 the georGICS .
... and his brother ; such , in fact , the life in which Etruria grew to strength , and in which Rome has become the glory of the earth , embracing seven hills with the wall of a single city . Nay , in days before 68 the georGICS .
Page 93
... walls of their homes lay down the narcissus ' tear and the clammy gum from the bark of trees as the first foundation of the comb , and then hang in air the roof of clinging wax ; others lead out the nation's hope , the young now grown ...
... walls of their homes lay down the narcissus ' tear and the clammy gum from the bark of trees as the first foundation of the comb , and then hang in air the roof of clinging wax ; others lead out the nation's hope , the young now grown ...
Page 94
... walls of comb , and building dwellings of cunning frame ; the younger sort drag themselves home late at night ... wall , they fetch in water , and try short excursions , and often take up pebbles , as the tossing wave makes unsteady ...
... walls of comb , and building dwellings of cunning frame ; the younger sort drag themselves home late at night ... wall , they fetch in water , and try short excursions , and often take up pebbles , as the tossing wave makes unsteady ...
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