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... falling larger from the mountain heights . ECLOGUE II . ALEXIS . Corydon , the shepherd , was burning for the lovely Alexis ... fall , dark hyacinths are gathered for posies . Was ' You think scorn of me , Alexis , without 4 THE BUCOLICS .
... falling larger from the mountain heights . ECLOGUE II . ALEXIS . Corydon , the shepherd , was burning for the lovely Alexis ... fall , dark hyacinths are gathered for posies . Was ' You think scorn of me , Alexis , without 4 THE BUCOLICS .
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... fall as the clouds are drawn up higher , just as the woods first begin to rise from the ground , and living things wander thinly over mountains that never saw them before . From this he comes to tell of the stones that Pyrrha threw ...
... fall as the clouds are drawn up higher , just as the woods first begin to rise from the ground , and living things wander thinly over mountains that never saw them before . From this he comes to tell of the stones that Pyrrha threw ...
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... fall on the bull's truant footsteps ; perhaps he may have been attracted by a patch of green herbage , or may have gone after the herd , and some of the cows may bring him home to the stalls of Gortyna . Then he sings of the maiden who ...
... fall on the bull's truant footsteps ; perhaps he may have been attracted by a patch of green herbage , or may have gone after the herd , and some of the cows may bring him home to the stalls of Gortyna . Then he sings of the maiden who ...
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... fall short in acorns and arbutes , and Dodona to withhold her sustenance . Soon , however , the wheat had plagues of its own - the baleful mildew was bidden to eat the stems , and the lazy thistle.to set up its spikes in the fields ...
... fall short in acorns and arbutes , and Dodona to withhold her sustenance . Soon , however , the wheat had plagues of its own - the baleful mildew was bidden to eat the stems , and the lazy thistle.to set up its spikes in the fields ...
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... fall away and slip So is it all earthly back into chaos , like a boatman who just manages to make head against the stream , if the tension of his arms happens to relax , and the current whirls away the boat headlong down the river's bed ...
... fall away and slip So is it all earthly back into chaos , like a boatman who just manages to make head against the stream , if the tension of his arms happens to relax , and the current whirls away the boat headlong down the river's bed ...
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