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... death of Julius Cæsar , and predicted the horrors of the civil wars - And he concludes with vows for Augustus , under whose government alone the world could be restored to peace and order . B GEORGICS . BOOK I. WHENCE joyful harvests ...
... death of Julius Cæsar , and predicted the horrors of the civil wars - And he concludes with vows for Augustus , under whose government alone the world could be restored to peace and order . B GEORGICS . BOOK I. WHENCE joyful harvests ...
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... Death neighboring towns to kindred slaughter leads ; Mars arms the globe . Thus , steed provoking steed , Bursts from the bars , and maddens in his speed ; The guide , bent back , each wearied sinew strains , On flies th ' infuriate car ...
... Death neighboring towns to kindred slaughter leads ; Mars arms the globe . Thus , steed provoking steed , Bursts from the bars , and maddens in his speed ; The guide , bent back , each wearied sinew strains , On flies th ' infuriate car ...
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... death . Yet nor the Median groves , nor rivers , roll'd , Ganges , and Hermus , o'er their beds of gold , Nor Ind , nor Bactra , nor the blissful land Where incense spreads o'er rich Panchaia's sand , Nor all that fancy paints in fabled ...
... death . Yet nor the Median groves , nor rivers , roll'd , Ganges , and Hermus , o'er their beds of gold , Nor Ind , nor Bactra , nor the blissful land Where incense spreads o'er rich Panchaia's sand , Nor all that fancy paints in fabled ...
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... death defac'd the glory of the field ; But preluding the battle , ere it bleeds , Mars wheels ' mid either host his fiery steeds : Thus shall the vineyard , rang'd in graceful rows , No idle pomp to lure the sight expose , But every ...
... death defac'd the glory of the field ; But preluding the battle , ere it bleeds , Mars wheels ' mid either host his fiery steeds : Thus shall the vineyard , rang'd in graceful rows , No idle pomp to lure the sight expose , But every ...
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... death , and hell's resounding waves . Blest too , who knows each God that guards the swain , Pan , old Sylvanus , and the Dryad train . Not the proud fasces , nor the pomp of kings , Discord that bathes in kindred blood her wings ; Not ...
... death , and hell's resounding waves . Blest too , who knows each God that guards the swain , Pan , old Sylvanus , and the Dryad train . Not the proud fasces , nor the pomp of kings , Discord that bathes in kindred blood her wings ; Not ...
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æther arms ARTHUR MURPHY Bacchus battle Bees bend beneath blast blood bloom boughs bound breathe brood brow burst Cæsar caves cells Ceres Chaonian clouds courser crown'd Cyrene dark deep domes dread Drones Dryads earth Eurus Eurydice faithful band fame feed field fierce fire flame flocks flood flower fruit galbanum gale genial GEORGICS glade glow golden grove heaven herds hive Jesuits Jove labour land leave light limbs load lonely mead native night nymphs o'er o'erflowing olive pale Paraguay plain plants plough poison'd pomp purple Queen race rage realm rear reign repose rich rill rise roll'd round rush Scorpius shade shelter'd shore showers sire soil spread spring steeds streams swain swarms sweets swell tempests thee thou thyme tide Tmolus toil vernal vines Virgil virgin waste wave wild WILLIAM SOTHEBY wind wing'd wings wood wound yield young youth