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Page ix
... thing that has ill deserved more than two centuries of oblivion . It should be noted that Fanshawe was the first poet of his century - and indeed , I believe , the last - to use the Spenserian stanza , a metre for which the age of ...
... thing that has ill deserved more than two centuries of oblivion . It should be noted that Fanshawe was the first poet of his century - and indeed , I believe , the last - to use the Spenserian stanza , a metre for which the age of ...
Page x
... things ' for indeed the pretence would deceive no one . It cannot be denied that the Fourth Book , with all its immense fame , has in modern times been a sad stumbling - block to lovers of Virgil , whose Aeneas , as in the prophecy of ...
... things ' for indeed the pretence would deceive no one . It cannot be denied that the Fourth Book , with all its immense fame , has in modern times been a sad stumbling - block to lovers of Virgil , whose Aeneas , as in the prophecy of ...
Page xi
... things a national poem . Whoever is the enemy of Rome is bound to suffer , and Dido is unquestionably the enemy of Rome . She is ruined because she comes between Aeneas and Heaven's will for him . Lastly , Virgil has made a right ...
... things a national poem . Whoever is the enemy of Rome is bound to suffer , and Dido is unquestionably the enemy of Rome . She is ruined because she comes between Aeneas and Heaven's will for him . Lastly , Virgil has made a right ...
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... thing for which so much ye strove , Elissa with Love's fiery shaft is gor'd ; Then rule we this joint town with one accord , And who shall aid it most be now our strife . Once let a queen obey a Trojan lord , And Tyrians , to preserve a ...
... thing for which so much ye strove , Elissa with Love's fiery shaft is gor'd ; Then rule we this joint town with one accord , And who shall aid it most be now our strife . Once let a queen obey a Trojan lord , And Tyrians , to preserve a ...
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... thing . Most strange ! There's not a plume her body bears , But under it a watching eye doth peep , As many tattling tongues , and list'ning ears . By night ' tween Earth and Heaven she doth sweep Screeching , nor shuts her lids with ...
... thing . Most strange ! There's not a plume her body bears , But under it a watching eye doth peep , As many tattling tongues , and list'ning ears . By night ' tween Earth and Heaven she doth sweep Screeching , nor shuts her lids with ...
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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...