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... Italian Goddesses of verse were the Camœnæ . At a later period , the appellations were used indiscriminately ; but in the age of Ennius there was probably a distinction . In the epitaph of Nævius who was the representative of the old ...
... Italian Goddesses of verse were the Camœnæ . At a later period , the appellations were used indiscriminately ; but in the age of Ennius there was probably a distinction . In the epitaph of Nævius who was the representative of the old ...
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... Italy . It is probable that , at an early period , Homer , Archi- lochus , and Herodotus , furnished some hints to the Latin minstrels : but it was not till after the war with Pyrrhus that the poetry of Rome began to put off its old ...
... Italy . It is probable that , at an early period , Homer , Archi- lochus , and Herodotus , furnished some hints to the Latin minstrels : but it was not till after the war with Pyrrhus that the poetry of Rome began to put off its old ...
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... Italy . * Ennius sang * Cicero speaks highly in more than one place of this poem of Nævius ; Ennius sneered at it , and stole from it . As to the Saturnian measure , see Herman's Elementa Doctrinæ Metricæ , iii . 9 . The Saturnian line ...
... Italy . * Ennius sang * Cicero speaks highly in more than one place of this poem of Nævius ; Ennius sneered at it , and stole from it . As to the Saturnian measure , see Herman's Elementa Doctrinæ Metricæ , iii . 9 . The Saturnian line ...
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... Italy by Nævius . But this is merely obiter dictum , to use a phrase common in our courts of law , and would not ... Italian bards used before Greek litera- ture had been studied . Now the poem of Nævius was in Satur- nian verse . Is it ...
... Italy by Nævius . But this is merely obiter dictum , to use a phrase common in our courts of law , and would not ... Italian bards used before Greek litera- ture had been studied . Now the poem of Nævius was in Satur- nian verse . Is it ...
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... Italian invention , was really borrowed from the Greeks . But Terentianus Maurus does not say that it was first borrowed by Nævius . Nay , the expressions used by Teren- tianus Maurus clearly imply the contrary : for how could the ...
... Italian invention , was really borrowed from the Greeks . But Terentianus Maurus does not say that it was first borrowed by Nævius . Nay , the expressions used by Teren- tianus Maurus clearly imply the contrary : for how could the ...
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Page 47 - But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And, like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream : And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam.
Page 48 - Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind ; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. " Down with him ! " cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face. "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena,
Page 40 - Then none was for a party ; Then all were for the state ; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great ; Then lands were fairly portioned ; Then spoils were fairly sold : The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.
Page 44 - Then, whirling up his broadsword With both hands to the height, He rushed against Horatius, And smote with all his might. With shield and blade Horatius Right deftly turned the blow: The blow, though turned, came yet too nigh; It missed his helm, but gashed his thigh : The Tuscans raised a joyful cry To see the red blood flow.
Page 38 - To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Page 47 - Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
Page 50 - And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands; And now with shouts and clapping, And noise of weeping loud, He enters through the River-Gate, Borne by the joyous crowd.
Page 48 - Tiber! father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day ! ' So he spake, and speaking sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back Plunged headlong in the tide.
Page 30 - East and west and south and north The messengers ride fast, And tower and town and cottage Have heard the trumpet's blast. Shame on the false Etruscan Who lingers in his home, When Porsena of Clusium Is on the march for Rome.
Page 50 - Curse on him!" quoth false Sextus — " Will not the villain drown ? But for this stay, ere close of day We should have sacked the town ! " "Heaven help him!" quoth Lars Porsena, " And bring him safe to shore; For such a gallant feat of arms Was never seen before.