The Poems of Virgil: Containing the Pastoral Poems and Six Books of the Æneid, Volume 1Ginn and Heath, 1877 - 205 pages |
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... Rome , refined and shaped by what is finest in the culture derived from Greece , combined in one , the poems of Virgil are the recognized and the noblest type . What is peculiar to these poems as literary compositions , their place in ...
... Rome , refined and shaped by what is finest in the culture derived from Greece , combined in one , the poems of Virgil are the recognized and the noblest type . What is peculiar to these poems as literary compositions , their place in ...
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... Rome , where Octavianus himself assured him of the peaceable possession of his estate ( see Ecl . i . ) . - But new troubles followed , and a new division of lands . Pollio had taken part with Antony , and was displaced . Disputes of ...
... Rome , where Octavianus himself assured him of the peaceable possession of his estate ( see Ecl . i . ) . - But new troubles followed , and a new division of lands . Pollio had taken part with Antony , and was displaced . Disputes of ...
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... Rome . But , with constitutional shyness , it is said he would shrink into the nearest shop or alley to avoid the public gaze . His favorite residence , after the year B.C. 37 ( æt . 33 ) , was in the neighborhood of Naples , where he ...
... Rome . But , with constitutional shyness , it is said he would shrink into the nearest shop or alley to avoid the public gaze . His favorite residence , after the year B.C. 37 ( æt . 33 ) , was in the neighborhood of Naples , where he ...
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... the rude soldier , and fled to Rome in - 86 bocula . R. 96 pluruma . R. 98 Moerin . H. 107 Hylax . H. danger of his life . Moris , who here represents ECL . IX . ] 25 Mæris . per nemora atque altos quaerendo bucula lucos ...
... the rude soldier , and fled to Rome in - 86 bocula . R. 96 pluruma . R. 98 Moerin . H. 107 Hylax . H. danger of his life . Moris , who here represents ECL . IX . ] 25 Mæris . per nemora atque altos quaerendo bucula lucos ...
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... Rome . It is said that this poem was written at the request of Augustus . This is probably true . But it does not merely flatter the reigning house by connecting it with the age of gods and heroes . It has the more patriotic idea of ...
... Rome . It is said that this poem was written at the request of Augustus . This is probably true . But it does not merely flatter the reigning house by connecting it with the age of gods and heroes . It has the more patriotic idea of ...
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Achilles ācis Aeneas Æneid aequora amor Anchises ancient Apollo arma ārum ātis atque auras Bacchus Cæsar Cæsura carmina circum Creüsa cura cursus Daphnis Dardanus dictis Dido divine divom ECLOGUE equidem erat eris ēvi fata goddess gods Greek haec haud hinc honor icis idis illa ille ingens inis inter ipsa ipse Italy īvi jamque Juno Jupiter juventus Latium litora manus mentum mihi moenia multa myth namque neque numine nunc omen omnes omnia omnis ōnis ōris ōrum Ovid pater poet Priam primum quae quam quibus quid quis quod Roman Rome sacred Sicily sidera song super talia tamen tantum terras Theocritus Thessaly Thrace tibi town Trojae Troy umbra unda urbe urbem verse Virgil word
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Page v - Hos ego versiculos feci, tulit alter honores : Sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves ; Sic vos non vobis vellera fertis oves ; Sic vos non vobis mellificatis apes ; Sic vos non vobis fertis aratra boves.
Page 115 - Talibus orabat, talisque miserrima fletus fertque refertque soror : sed nullis ille movetur fletibus, aut voces ullas tractabilis audit ; . fata obstant, placidasque viri deus obstruit auris. 440 1 ac, velut annoso validam cum robore quercum Alpini Boreae nunc hinc nunc flatibus illinc eruere inter se certant; it stridor, et altae consternunt terram concusso stipite frondes ; ipsa haeret scopulis, et, quantum vertice ad auras 445 aetherias, tantum radice in Tartara tendit...
Page 165 - Infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo venerat exstinctam, ferroque extrema secutam? funeris heu tibi causa fui ? Per sidera juro, per superos, et si qua fides tellure sub ima est, invitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi.
Page 122 - Accipite hanc animam, meque his exsolvite curis. 'Vixi, et, quem dederat cursum fortuna, peregi; ' Et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago. ' Urbem praeclaram statui ; mea moenia vidi : 65 5 ' Ulta virum, poenas inimico a fratre recepi : ' Felix, heu nimium felix, si litora tantum ' Numquam Dardaniae tetigissent nostra carinae ! ' Dixit : et os impressa toro, ' Moriemur inultae, 'Sed moriamur,
Page 6 - Qui legitis flores et humi nascentia fraga, frigidus, O pueri, fugite hinc, latet anguis in herba.
Page 2 - Dardaniusque Paris. Pallas quas condidit arces ipsa colat : nobis placeant ante omnia silvae. Torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam, florentem cytisum sequitur lasciva capella, te Corydon, o Alexi : trahit sua quemque voluptas.
Page 112 - Odere, infensi Tyrii; te propter eundem Exstinctus pudor et, qua sola sidera adibam, Fama prior. Cui me moribundam deseris, hospes ? Hoc solum nomen quoniam de coniuge restat.
Page 131 - But, howsoever thou pursuest this act, Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught : leave her to heaven And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, To prick and sting her. Fare thee well at once ! The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire : Adieu, adieu, adieu ! remember me.
Page 177 - EXCUDENT alii spirantia mollius aera , Credo equidem ; vivos ducent de marmore vultus ; Orabunt causas melius; cœlique meatus Describent radio, et surgentia sidera dicent : Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento; Hae tibi erunt artes , pacisque imponere morem , Parcere subjectis, et debellare superbos.
Page 82 - Dardanidae duri, quae vos a stirpe parentum Prima tulit tellus, eadem vos ubere laeto 95 Accipiet reduces.