The greater poems of Virgil: The first six books of the Aeneid |
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Acestes adeo Aeneas Æneid aequor aether agmina alta amore Anchises ancient animis animo Apollo aras āre arma Ascanius atque ātum auras auro caelo caestus cæsura circum Creüsa cura cursu dative dextra dictis Dido divine divom equidem Faery Queen fama fata ferro flamma genus gods Greek haec haud Helenus hendiadys hinc hunc Iamque illa indir infelix ingens inter ipse Italiam Jerusalem Delivered Juno Latin limina litora locative abl magna manus mihi Misenus Mnestheus moenia multa neque numine nunc omen omnes omnia omnis Ovid Paradise Lost pater pectore pelago plur primum procul quae quam quibus quid quis quod quondam Roman sidera super talia tamen tantum temple terras Teucri tibi Troia Trojan Troy ultro umbras umbris undas urbe urbem ventis Venus Virgil viri winds word
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Page 305 - Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable Shape. The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, * But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent arm'd With mortal sting.
Page xvii - Hos ego versiculos feci, tulit alter honores : \ Sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves ; Sic vos non vobis vellera fertis oves ; Sic vos non vobis mellificatis apes ; Sic vos non vobis fertis aratra boves.
Page 326 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 402 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Page 43 - Post ipsum, auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem, Corripiunt, spirisque ligant ingentibus; et iam Bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum Terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Page 397 - Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare, Reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast: Close by the regal chair Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse ? Long years of havoc urge their destined course, And thro' the kindred squadrons mow their way.
Page 99 - Parva metu primo; mox sese attollit in auras, Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit.
Page 345 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself, And ran dismay'd away. LOR. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Page 345 - The lucid outline forming round thee; saw The dim curls kindle into sunny rings; Changed with thy mystic change, and felt my blood Glow with the glow that slowly...
Page 163 - Est iter in silvis, ubi caelum condidit umbra luppiter, et rebus nox abstulit atra colorem. Vestibulum ante ipsum primisque in faucibus Orci Luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae...
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| Title | The greater poems of Virgil: The first six books of the Aeneid Volume 1 of Pvbli Vergili Maronis Aeneis: Bvcolica: Georgica: the greater poems of Virgil, James Bradstreet Greenough Volume 1 of The greater poems of Virgil, James Bradstreet Greenough |
| Author | Virgil |
| Editors | James Bradstreet Greenough, George Lyman Kittredge |
| Publisher | Ginn, 1895 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 307 pages |
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