P. Vergili Maronis opera: The Eclogues and Georgics. 1858Whittaker, 1858 |
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Aeneid Ambarvalia amor appears Aratus Aristaeus atque bees caeli caelo Caesar Catull Cerda Columella comp Corydon Damoetas Daphnis denotes Dict doubtless Eclogue Ennius epithet etiam explained expression foll Forb former Georgics give Greek haec Heins herbas Hesiod Heyne Hinc horses illa imitated inter ipsa ipse Keightley labour latter Livy Lucan Lucr Lucretius Mantua mean meant Menalcas mentioned merely Mopsus nature Nemesianus neque notion nunc omnia omnis Ovid passage pastoral perhaps Pliny plough poem poet poetical poetry Primus probably quae quam quid quod quoque quoted rastris reading reference remarks Roman saepe says seems sense Serv Servius shepherd silvae song speaking sunt supposed terra Theocr Theocritus thing thinks tibi Tibull tion Tityrus trees ulmo umbra Varro verse vine Virg Virgil vomere Voss Wagn word writers δὲ καὶ
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Page 47 - Pingue tenent humilis Forenti, Ut tuto ab atris corpore viperis Dormirem et ursis, ut premerer sacra Lauroque collataque myrto, Non sine dis animosus infans.
Page 244 - Sicyonia baca trapetis, glande sues laeti redeunt, dant arbuta silvae ; 520 et varios ponit fetus autumnus, et alte mitis in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis. Interea dulces pendent circum oscula nati, casta pudicitiam servat domus, ubera vaccae lactea demittunt, pinguesque in gramine laeto 525 inter se adversis luctantur cornibus haedi.
Page 154 - He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.
Page 57 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 181 - Scylla capillo; 405 quacumque illa levem fugiens secat aethera pennis, ecce inimicus atrox magno stridore per auras insequitur Nisus; qua se fert Nisus ad auras, illa levem fugiens raptim secat aethera pennis.
Page 55 - Bacchi 30 et foliis lentas intexere mollibus hastas. vitis ut arboribus decori est, ut vitibus uvae, ut gregibus tauri, segetes ut pinguibus arvis, tu decus omne tuis. postquam te Fata tulerunt, ipsa Pales agros atque ipse reliquit Apollo. 35 grandia saepe quibus mandavimus hordea sulcis, infelix lolium et steriles nascuntur avenae ; pro moll i viola, pro purpureo narcisso carduus et spinis surgit paliurus acutis.
Page 341 - miseram et te perdidit, Orpheu, Quis tantus furor ? En iterum crudelia retro Fata vocant, conditque natantia lumina somnus. lamque vale : feror ingenti circumdata nocte Invalidasque tibi tendens, heu non tua, palmas.
Page 204 - Sed neque Medorum silvae ditissima terra nec pulcher Ganges atque auro turbidus Hermus laudibus Italiae certent, non Bactra neque Indi totaque turiferis Panchaia pinguis harems.
Page 340 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 340 - Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs, and Nature gave a second groan; Sky lowered, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...