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Page 5
... womb of earth , And loos'd the steed , that neighing sprung to birth ; Guardian of woods ! whose herds a snowy train , Browse the rich shrubs that shade the Cæan plain ; God of the fleece , whom grateful shepherds love , GEORGICS. ...
... womb of earth , And loos'd the steed , that neighing sprung to birth ; Guardian of woods ! whose herds a snowy train , Browse the rich shrubs that shade the Cæan plain ; God of the fleece , whom grateful shepherds love , GEORGICS. ...
Page 11
... train , Pleiads , and Hyads , and the northern Wain ; Then snares and lime , the beast and bird betray'd , And deep - mouth'd hounds enclos'd the forest glade ; Light meshes lash'd the stream with circling sweep , And weighted nets ...
... train , Pleiads , and Hyads , and the northern Wain ; Then snares and lime , the beast and bird betray'd , And deep - mouth'd hounds enclos'd the forest glade ; Light meshes lash'd the stream with circling sweep , And weighted nets ...
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... train behold , The Kid's bright beams , and Dragon's lucid fold , Than the bold crew that sweep the Euxine o'er , And through Abydos seek their native shore . When poising Libra rest and labour weighs , And parts with equal balance ...
... train behold , The Kid's bright beams , and Dragon's lucid fold , Than the bold crew that sweep the Euxine o'er , And through Abydos seek their native shore . When poising Libra rest and labour weighs , And parts with equal balance ...
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... train'd at pleasure , every call obey . Nor less , the steril shoots that droop'd on earth Beneath the spreading boughs that gave them birth , And o'er their languid head dark shadows threw , Nip't GEORGICS ...... BOOK IL 35.
... train'd at pleasure , every call obey . Nor less , the steril shoots that droop'd on earth Beneath the spreading boughs that gave them birth , And o'er their languid head dark shadows threw , Nip't GEORGICS ...... BOOK IL 35.
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... train . Go , number first th'innumerable sands Whirl'd by the western blast round Libyan lands ; Or tell , when Eurus sweeps th ' Ionian o'er , The multitud'nous waves that lash the shore . Not every soil each varying race supplies ...
... train . Go , number first th'innumerable sands Whirl'd by the western blast round Libyan lands ; Or tell , when Eurus sweeps th ' Ionian o'er , The multitud'nous waves that lash the shore . Not every soil each varying race supplies ...
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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