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Page 37
... turns The pole , with fiery stars bestudded : thence Was shown me a priestess of Massylian race , And temple - warder ... turn back the stars : She summons ghosts at midnight ; thou shalt see Earth bellowing ' neath thy feet , and from ...
... turns The pole , with fiery stars bestudded : thence Was shown me a priestess of Massylian race , And temple - warder ... turn back the stars : She summons ghosts at midnight ; thou shalt see Earth bellowing ' neath thy feet , and from ...
Page 44
... turn The vessels ' course . Could there be any land To me more welcome , or where gladlier I Would beach the weary ships , than that which holds My Dardan friend , Acestes , and laps round In its embrace my sire Anchises ' dust ? ' IO ...
... turn The vessels ' course . Could there be any land To me more welcome , or where gladlier I Would beach the weary ships , than that which holds My Dardan friend , Acestes , and laps round In its embrace my sire Anchises ' dust ? ' IO ...
Page 47
... turn set cauldrons on , and , stretched Along the greensward , lay live coals beneath The spits , and roast the flesh . Exspectata dies aderat nonamque serena Auroram Phaethontis equi iam luce vehebant , famaque finitimos et clari nomen ...
... turn set cauldrons on , and , stretched Along the greensward , lay live coals beneath The spits , and roast the flesh . Exspectata dies aderat nonamque serena Auroram Phaethontis equi iam luce vehebant , famaque finitimos et clari nomen ...
Page 55
... turns before him throws , And on the air expends his blows . His match is sought , but sought in vain : Not one of all that mighty train Has nerve the champion to defy And round his hands the gauntlets tie . So , filled with overweening ...
... turns before him throws , And on the air expends his blows . His match is sought , but sought in vain : Not one of all that mighty train Has nerve the champion to defy And round his hands the gauntlets tie . So , filled with overweening ...
Page 57
... turn your Trojan gloves . ' He said , and from his shoulders throws The robe he wont to use , His mighty frame's contexture shows , His mighty arms and thews , And in the middle of the sand In giant greatness takes his stand . Then good ...
... turn your Trojan gloves . ' He said , and from his shoulders throws The robe he wont to use , His mighty frame's contexture shows , His mighty arms and thews , And in the middle of the sand In giant greatness takes his stand . Then good ...
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Acestes Aeneas Aeneas's Aeneid alta amor Anchises anima Apollo arma ārum Ascanius atque Augustus auras auris Book caelo caelum cessi cessum conj ctum cura cursu Dante Dardanus Deiphobus dictis Dido ditum Entellus eris Eryx Eurytion fata fire genus goddess gods Greek haec haud heart heaven hero hinc honour illa indecl infelix inis intr ipse itum James Rhoades king lacrimas Latium litora Lower World lumina Mackail manus mighty mihi Misenus mīsi Mnestheus moenia multa ntis nunc o'er omnia omnis ōnis ōris ōrum Palinurus pater pectore Phorcus poem poet poetry prep procul pron quae quam quid quis race Roman Rome Sergestus shore Sibyl spolia opima tantum tela terras thee thou tibi Translation Trojan Troy ultro umbras undas urbe ūtum Virgil viri wind words
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Page 96 - Latini, et quo quemque modo fugiatque feratque laborem. sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
Page 91 - Spiritus intus alit: totamque infusa per artus ' Mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet ' Inde hominum pecudumque genus vitaeque volantum ' Et quae marmoreo fert monstra sub aequore pontus. ' Igneus est ollis vigor et caelestis origo 730 ' Seminibus, quantum non noxia corpora tardant ' Terrenique hebetant artus moribundaque membra.
Page 73 - At, Phoebi nondum patiens, immanis in antro bacchatur vates, magnum si pectore possit excussisse deum ; tanto magis ille fatigat os rabidum, fera corda domans, fingitque premendo.
Page 31 - Aeneas aspectu obmutuit amens, arrectaeque horrore comae et vox faucibus haesit. 280 ardet abire fuga dulcisque relinquere terras attonitus tanto monitu imperioque deorum. heu quid agat? quo nunc reginam ambire furentem audeat adfatu ? quae prima exordia sumat ? atque animum nunc hue celerem, nunc dividit illuc, 285 in partisque rapit varias perque omnia versat.
Page 32 - Te propter Libycae gentes Nomadumque tyranni 320 odere, infensi Tyrii ; te propter eundem exstinctus pudor et, qua sola sidera adibam, fama prior. Cui me moribundam deseris, hospes? hoc solum nomen quoniam de coniuge restat.
Page 31 - Si te nulla movet tantarum gloria rerum, [nec super ipse tua moliris laude laborem,] Ascanium surgentem et spes heredis luli respice, cui regnum Italiae Romanaque tellus 275 debentur/ Tali Cyllenius ore locutus mortales visus medio sermone reliquit, et procul in tenuem ex oculis evanuit auram.
Page 83 - Continuo auditae voces vagitus et ingens, infantumque animae flentes, in limine primo quos dulcis vitae exsortis et ab ubere raptos abstulit atra dies et funere mersit acerbo.
Page 5 - But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity.
Page 80 - Nee ripas datur horrendas et rauca fluenta transportare prius quam sedibus ossa quierunt. Centum errant annos volitantque haec litora circum ; turn demum admissi stagna exoptata revisunt.
Page 41 - Tum vos, o Tyrii, stirpem et genus omne futurum exercete odiis, cinerique haec mittite nostro munera. Nullus amor populis, nec foedera sunto. Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor, 625 qui face Dardanios ferroque sequare colonos, nunc, olim, quocumque dabunt se tempore vires. Litora litoribus contraria, fluctibus undas imprecor, arma armis ; pugnent ipsique nepotesque.