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Page 12
... Quod vis , ' inquit , ' faciam , si bona Cantaris voce carmina modulatum mihi . ' At illa , quamvis excideret animus , tamen Metu coacta est et cantavit denique Dolore plena . Praedam qui captaverat Accipiter illi : ' Non tu cantasti ...
... Quod vis , ' inquit , ' faciam , si bona Cantaris voce carmina modulatum mihi . ' At illa , quamvis excideret animus , tamen Metu coacta est et cantavit denique Dolore plena . Praedam qui captaverat Accipiter illi : ' Non tu cantasti ...
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... The interpretation of Isid . , Orig . 12 , 7 , 37 : Luscinia avis inde nomen sumpsit , quod cantu suo significare solet diei surgentem exortum , quasi lucinia . Eadem et acredula , de qua Cicero 14 THE BIRDS OF THE LATIN POETS.
... The interpretation of Isid . , Orig . 12 , 7 , 37 : Luscinia avis inde nomen sumpsit , quod cantu suo significare solet diei surgentem exortum , quasi lucinia . Eadem et acredula , de qua Cicero 14 THE BIRDS OF THE LATIN POETS.
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... quod rutilam galeam et cristam capite gerit , quae utraque sunt in meleagride coerulea . This is of interest , as it shows the difference between the Greek ( Mɛɛayois ) and the Roman fowls . This agrees with the geographical ...
... quod rutilam galeam et cristam capite gerit , quae utraque sunt in meleagride coerulea . This is of interest , as it shows the difference between the Greek ( Mɛɛayois ) and the Roman fowls . This agrees with the geographical ...
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... quod pullos dicitur tranquillo mari facere , eos dies Alcyonios appellant . Quod est in versu ' alcyonis ritu , ' id est eius instituto . ' Cf. Neri . , op . cit .: Era sacro a Teti perchè dicevasi covasse sulle acque e fra le canne , e ...
... quod pullos dicitur tranquillo mari facere , eos dies Alcyonios appellant . Quod est in versu ' alcyonis ritu , ' id est eius instituto . ' Cf. Neri . , op . cit .: Era sacro a Teti perchè dicevasi covasse sulle acque e fra le canne , e ...
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... Quod tepidum vigili provocet ore diem . -Ov . , Fast . I , 441 . ' The modern proverbial ' stupid as a goose ' was unknown in antiquity . — KELLER . For punning references to Anser the poet vid . s 28 THE BIRDS OF THE LATIN POETS.
... Quod tepidum vigili provocet ore diem . -Ov . , Fast . I , 441 . ' The modern proverbial ' stupid as a goose ' was unknown in antiquity . — KELLER . For punning references to Anser the poet vid . s 28 THE BIRDS OF THE LATIN POETS.
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acalanthis aethera ALBERT PIKE ales ALEXANDER WILSON American parallels ANNE BRADSTREET anser Anth AQUILA atque avem aves avis Baehrens bird blackbird bubo cantus Carm ciconia columba cornix corvus crane crow cuckoo CYCNUS dove doves Duyckinck eagle Fable flight Fowler Geor goose Greek Griswold haec halcyon hawk Hermit Thrush heron hirundo illa inter Iovis Ital Kettell lark Latin poets luscinia MART metamorphosis mihi mocking-bird myth nest nidum nightingale noctua nunc o'er Ovid palumbes Passer pennas pennis perdix Philomela Phoenix PLAUT Plin plumas Progne quae quam Quid quod raven reference Robin Roman saepe SARAH HELEN WHITMAN sibi Silv sing song Sparrow spring Stat Stedman stork Stymphalian bird swallow swan tamen Tereus Theb Thompson thou Thrush tibi turdus turtur Verg volucres vulture Wackernagel Warde Fowler whip-poor-will wild wings wood-thrush
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Page 87 - It ceased; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Page 37 - In summo custos Tarpeiae Manlius arcis Stabat pro templo et Capitolia celsa tenebat, Romuleoque recens horrebat regia culmo. Atque hic auratis volitans argenteus anser 655 Porticibus Gallos in limine adesse canebat...
Page 26 - I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there's a pair of us — don't tell! They'd banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody ! How public, like a frog, To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog!
Page 119 - These are the days when birds come back, A very few, a bird or two, To take a backward look. These are the days when skies put on The old, old sophistries of June, A blue and gold mistake.
Page 211 - A haze on the far horizon, The infinite, tender sky, The ripe, rich tint of the cornfields, And the wild geese sailing high; And all over upland and lowland, The charm of the goldenrod — Some of us call it Autumn, And others call it God.
Page 65 - Apollo, ne, si forte suas repetitum venerit olim grex avium plumas, moveat cornicula risum furtivis nudata coloribus.
Page 87 - Haud secus atque alto in luco cum forte catervae Consedere avium, piscosove amne Padusae Dant sonitum rauci per stagna loquacia cycni. 'Immo,' ait, 'o cives,' arrepto tempore Turnus, ' Cogite concilium, et pacem laudate sedentes : 460 'Illi armis in regna ruunt.
Page 73 - Tum liquidas corvi presso ter gutture voces 410 aut quater ingeminant, et saepe cubilibus altis nescio qua praeter solitum dulcedine laeti inter se in foliis strepitant...
Page 184 - Ossa tegit tumulus, tumulus pro corpore magnus, Quo lapis exiguus par sibi carmen habet: „Colligor ex ipso dominae placuisse sepulcro; Ora fuere mihi plus ave docta loqui.
Page 99 - And consider green and violet and the tufted crown intentional, And do not call the tortoise unworthy because she is not something else, And the jay in the woods never studied the gamut, yet trills pretty well to me, And the look of the bay mare shames silliness out of me.