The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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Page 6
... weapons , Iollas will not yield the day to you . Alas , alas ! what wretched wish have I been forming ? I have been madman enough to let the south wind into my flower - beds , and the boars into my clear springs . Do you know whom you ...
... weapons , Iollas will not yield the day to you . Alas , alas ! what wretched wish have I been forming ? I have been madman enough to let the south wind into my flower - beds , and the boars into my clear springs . Do you know whom you ...
Page 27
... weapons of war as the doves of Chaonia , they say , have when the eagle is coming . So if I had not been warned before hand anyhow to cut this new quarrel short by the raven on the left from the hollow holm - oak , you would not have ...
... weapons of war as the doves of Chaonia , they say , have when the eagle is coming . So if I had not been warned before hand anyhow to cut this new quarrel short by the raven on the left from the hollow holm - oak , you would not have ...
Page 31
... weapons all about me and enemies drawn up before me , while thou , far away from thy native land would it were not mine to believe the tale - art looking with those cruel , cruel eyes on the Alpine snows and the frost - bound Rhine ...
... weapons all about me and enemies drawn up before me , while thou , far away from thy native land would it were not mine to believe the tale - art looking with those cruel , cruel eyes on the Alpine snows and the frost - bound Rhine ...
Page 38
... weapons of war , without whose aid none has ever sown or raised a crop . First the share , and the bent plough's heavy wood , and the slow lumbering wains of the mighty Mother of Eleusis , sledges and drags , and the rakes with their ...
... weapons of war , without whose aid none has ever sown or raised a crop . First the share , and the bent plough's heavy wood , and the slow lumbering wains of the mighty Mother of Eleusis , sledges and drags , and the rakes with their ...
Page 82
... weapon in hand , butcher them bellowing loud , and carry them off with shouts of triumph . For the people , they keep careless holiday in caves delved deep under the earth , with store of timber , nay , whole elms pushed up to the ...
... weapon in hand , butcher them bellowing loud , and carry them off with shouts of triumph . For the people , they keep careless holiday in caves delved deep under the earth , with store of timber , nay , whole elms pushed up to the ...
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Acestes Æneas altar Anchises armour arms Ascanius Assaracus Ausonian battle bids blazing blood breast breath clouds comrades cries cruel Danaans Daphnis Dardan darts death deep destiny Dido earth Euryalus eyes fate father Faunus fire flame fleet flies fling flying fury gates give glory goddess gods gold groan hand heart heaven horse hurls Ilion Iulus javelins Jove Juno Juturna king land Latian Latinus Latium leaves light lofty look maiden Messapus Mezentius mighty Mnestheus mother Mycenae night nymphs once Pallas Pergamus Phoebus Phrygian plain prayer Priam queen quivering race rising river rock round Rutulians sail Sergestus shade shield ships shore shout side sire song soul spear stand stars steeds steel stream sword Tarchon tears tell temple terror Teucrians thee thou Tiber tree Trojan Troy turn Turnus walls warrior waves weapons whole wind wings woods words wound youth