The Fourth Book of Virgil's Aeneid: On the Loves of Dido and Aeneas |
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... earth survey'd And drew Heav'n's veil through which moist stars did creep , When thus to her dear sister , sick , she said , ' Anna , what frightful dreams my wavering soul invade ! Who is this man that visits our abodes ? How wise ...
... earth survey'd And drew Heav'n's veil through which moist stars did creep , When thus to her dear sister , sick , she said , ' Anna , what frightful dreams my wavering soul invade ! Who is this man that visits our abodes ? How wise ...
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... earth swallow me , or , thunder - slain , Jove nail me to the shades , pale shades of Hell , And everlasting night , before I stain Thee , holy chastity , or thy fair rites profane . He took my love with him ( and let him keep't Cold in ...
... earth swallow me , or , thunder - slain , Jove nail me to the shades , pale shades of Hell , And everlasting night , before I stain Thee , holy chastity , or thy fair rites profane . He took my love with him ( and let him keep't Cold in ...
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... earth and skies . Whom whenas Jove's dear wife perceiv'd so drown'd In witchcrafts , and that fame , with loudest cries , Could not awake her from the pleasing swound , She thus accosted Venus , and her mind did sound . Great glory sure ...
... earth and skies . Whom whenas Jove's dear wife perceiv'd so drown'd In witchcrafts , and that fame , with loudest cries , Could not awake her from the pleasing swound , She thus accosted Venus , and her mind did sound . Great glory sure ...
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... Earth gives the signal word , And Juno , queen of marriage , doth their hands accord . The guilty Heavens , as blushing to have been An instrument this meeting to fulfil , With flashing lightning shone : the Nymphs were seen Το weep ...
... Earth gives the signal word , And Juno , queen of marriage , doth their hands accord . The guilty Heavens , as blushing to have been An instrument this meeting to fulfil , With flashing lightning shone : the Nymphs were seen Το weep ...
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... Earth did bring , When her proud anger did the gods defy , The Giants ' sister , swift of foot and wing ; A huger never was , nor a more monstrous thing . Most strange ! There's not a plume her body bears , But under it a watching eye ...
... Earth did bring , When her proud anger did the gods defy , The Giants ' sister , swift of foot and wing ; A huger never was , nor a more monstrous thing . Most strange ! There's not a plume her body bears , But under it a watching eye ...
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1817 LIBRARIES Aeneid Agathyrsi amor animum Anna Ascanius atque auras caelum caput Carthage Catullus Cerda CHIGAN Classical Review Conington curas Cynthus Dardanus death dictis DIDO AND AENEAS Dido's divum doth Dryopes Ennius epithet eyes Fama fame Fanshawe fata Fates Fourth Book Georgics gives Glover gods haec Heaven Henry hinc Iarbas illa inter ipsa ipse Italiam Iulus iussa Jove Juno lacrimas Libyae lines litora LOVES OF DIDO lumina Lyciae Mackail MICHIGAN mihi moenia morte night numina nunc omnis Ovid Oxford passage pectore Pentheus poet primum Professor quae quam queen quid quis quod quote reader regina Roman Rome Sargeaunt says seems Servius sidera Sir James Frazer sister somnos soror speech sword Sychaeus tantum tears terras thee things thou tibi translation Trojans Tyre Tyrian Tyrii umbras UNIVE unto urbem urbes Venus Virgil Virgilian viri volnus Warde Fowler words
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Page 48 - I, sequere Italiam ventis; pete regna per undas. 'Spero equidem mediis, si quid pia numina possunt, 'Supplicia hausurum scopulis, et nomine Dido 'Saepe vocaturum.
Page 48 - Nee tibi diva parens, generis nee Dardanus auctor, Perfide ; sed duris genuit te cautibus horrens Caucasus, Hyrcanaeque admorunt ubera tigres.
Page 22 - ... uritur infelix Dido totaque vagatur urbe furens qualis coniecta cerva sagitta, quam procul incautam nemora inter Cresia fixit 70 pastor agens telis liquitque volatile ferrum nescius, illa fuga silvas saltusque peragrat Dictaeos, haeret lateri letalis harundo.
Page 82 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Page 32 - ... illam Terra parens ira inritata deorum extremam, ut perhibent, Coeo Enceladoque sororem progenuit pedibus celerem et pernicibus alis, 180 monstrum horrendum, ingens, cui quot sunt corpore plumae, tot vigiles oculi subter (mirabile dictu), tot linguae, totidem ora sonant, tot subrigit auris.
Page 44 - Saltern si qua mihi de te suscepta fuisset ante fugam suboles, si quis mihi parvulus aula luderet Aeneas, qui te tamen ore referret, 330 non equidem omnino capta ac deserta viderer.
Page 50 - Ñeque te teneo neque dicta refello : 380 i, sequere Italiam ventis, pete regna per undas. Spero equidem mediis, si quid pia numina possunt, supplicia hausurum scopulis et nomine Dido saepe vocaturum. Sequar atris ignibus absens, et, cum frigida mors anima seduxerit artus, 385 omnibus umbra locis adero. Dabis, improbe, poenas. Audiam, et haec manes veniet mihi fama sub imos.
Page 32 - Extemplo Libyae magnas it Fama per urbes, Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum : mobilitate viget virisque adquirit eundo, parva metu primo, mox sese attollit in auras ingrediturque solo et caput inter nubila condit.
Page 70 - Elissae, 610 accipite haec, meritumque malis advertite numen, et nostras audite preces. Si tangere portus infandum caput ac terris adnare necesse est, et sic fata lovis poscunt, hie terminus haeret : at bello audacis populi vexatus et armis, 615 finibus extorris, complexu avulsus luli, auxilium imploret, videatque indigna suorum funera ; nee, cum se sub leges pacis iniquae tradiderit, regno aut optata luce fruatur, sed cadat ante diem, mediaque inhumatus arena.
Page 62 - Quaeque lacus late liquidos, quaeque aspera dumis Rura tenent, somno positae sub nocte silenti...