Books i. ii of the Aeneid of Vergil, ed. with notes by F. Storr

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Page 55 - Opening their brazen folds, discover, wide Within, her ample spaces o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky.
Page 23 - Hic canit errantem lunam solisque labores, unde hominum genus et pecudes, unde imber et ignes, Arcturum pluviasque Hyadas geminosque Triones, quid tantum Oceano properent se tingere soles 745 hiberni, vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet.
Page 81 - Veneris nurus; sed me magna deum genetrix his detinet oris. iamque vale et nati serva communis amorem.' haec ubi dicta dedit, lacrimantem et multa volentem 790 dicere deseruit, tenuisque recessit in auras. ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum ; ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago, par levibus ventis volucrique simillima somno.
Page 57 - Sed si tantus amor casus cognoscere nostros 10 et breviter Troiae supremum audire laborem, quamquam animus meminisse horret luctuque refugit incipiam.
Page 47 - Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean. Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.
Page 3 - Haec ubi dicta, cavum conversa cuspide montem impulit in latus : ac venti, velut agmine facto, qua data porta, ruunt et terras turbine perflant...
Page 16 - Qualis in Eurotae ripis aut per iuga Cynthi exercet Diana choros, quam mille secutae hinc atque hinc glomerantur Oreades, illa pharetram 500 fert umero gradiensque deas supereminet omnis (Latonae tacitum pertemptant gaudia pectus); talis erat Dido, talem se laeta ferebat per medios instans operi regnisque futuris.

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