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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... chief literary task , the composition of the Æneid . Reports and great expectations soon begant to be spread as to the coming work , as testified in the cele- brated couplet of Propertius ( ii . 34 : 65 , 66 ) , — " Cedite , Romani ...
... chief literary task , the composition of the Æneid . Reports and great expectations soon begant to be spread as to the coming work , as testified in the cele- brated couplet of Propertius ( ii . 34 : 65 , 66 ) , — " Cedite , Romani ...
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... chief of the new literary era . But these first poetic essays — though imitations of far superior originals — have , by their perfection of form , delicacy of treatment , and charm of diction , taken rank , in the judgment of every age ...
... chief of the new literary era . But these first poetic essays — though imitations of far superior originals — have , by their perfection of form , delicacy of treatment , and charm of diction , taken rank , in the judgment of every age ...
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... chief of the new literary era . But these first poetic essays - though imitations of far superior originals — have , by their perfection of form , delicacy of treatment , and charm of diction , taken rank , in the judgment of every age ...
... chief of the new literary era . But these first poetic essays - though imitations of far superior originals — have , by their perfection of form , delicacy of treatment , and charm of diction , taken rank , in the judgment of every age ...
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... chiefs of Greece , who had been her suitors . Paris visited Sparta , " with flower - embroidered raiment and bright in gold , " and carried her away to Troy . Hence the famous ten years ' siege , and the destruction of the sacred city ...
... chiefs of Greece , who had been her suitors . Paris visited Sparta , " with flower - embroidered raiment and bright in gold , " and carried her away to Troy . Hence the famous ten years ' siege , and the destruction of the sacred city ...
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... chiefs ( 199-267 ) . The ghost of Hector appears to Æneas , and warns him to flee . The city is seen in flames : Æneas and his companions take arms ( 268-369 ) . Victorious encounter with a party of Greeks : a disastrous conflict ...
... chiefs ( 199-267 ) . The ghost of Hector appears to Æneas , and warns him to flee . The city is seen in flames : Æneas and his companions take arms ( 268-369 ) . Victorious encounter with a party of Greeks : a disastrous conflict ...
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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.