The Georgics of Virgil: With the text of [Christian Gottlob] Heyne, literally and rhythmically transl. by W[illiam] Sewell. For the use of studentsLongman, 1846 - 162 pages |
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... burst . But ere with steel We cleave the plain unknown , winds and the sky's All changeful mood be it our care to learn Beforehand , and as practiced of our sires The tillage and the characters of spots , And what each region bears ...
... burst . But ere with steel We cleave the plain unknown , winds and the sky's All changeful mood be it our care to learn Beforehand , and as practiced of our sires The tillage and the characters of spots , And what each region bears ...
Page 70
... bursts , and with encrusted mud o'erwhelms All far and wide , whence hollow pools are reeking With tepid lymph . Nor yet , ( e'en though these arts Toils both of man and steer have practis'd long Turning the soil ) nought does the ...
... bursts , and with encrusted mud o'erwhelms All far and wide , whence hollow pools are reeking With tepid lymph . Nor yet , ( e'en though these arts Toils both of man and steer have practis'd long Turning the soil ) nought does the ...
Page 86
... burst , Front against front are bearing arms , and Mars Maddens in godless crime o'er the whole globe ; As when from forth the goals the four - yoke cars Have burst like torrents , on the course they gain , And straining all in vain the ...
... burst , Front against front are bearing arms , and Mars Maddens in godless crime o'er the whole globe ; As when from forth the goals the four - yoke cars Have burst like torrents , on the course they gain , And straining all in vain the ...
Page 87
... Bursts into bloom the field ; foams in brimm'd vats The vintage . Hither come , O Sire Lenæan ; And thy bar'd legs with me in recent must Embathe , thy buskins stripp'd . In the first place Various is Nature's art for gend'ring trees ...
... Bursts into bloom the field ; foams in brimm'd vats The vintage . Hither come , O Sire Lenæan ; And thy bar'd legs with me in recent must Embathe , thy buskins stripp'd . In the first place Various is Nature's art for gend'ring trees ...
Page 90
... burst , A narrow loophole in the knot itself Is form'd ; in this , ta'en from some stranger tree , A germ they shut ; and teach it to engrain Itself in the juicy rind ; or , the reverse , Slit back are knotless trunks , and deep is ...
... burst , A narrow loophole in the knot itself Is form'd ; in this , ta'en from some stranger tree , A germ they shut ; and teach it to engrain Itself in the juicy rind ; or , the reverse , Slit back are knotless trunks , and deep is ...
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æquor aëre æstas æther aliæ alta apibus armenta arva atque Bacchus beneath Cæsar canibus caput Ceres circum cœli cœlo corpora coursers cura curæ Cyrene deep deûm doth e'en earth edition etiam Eurus flocks flumina Frigidus frondes frumentis genus Grammar ground groves hæc hath haud heaven Hence herbæ herbas hiems hinc illa illæ illis illum ingenti Inque inter Interea ipsa ipsæ ipse Jamque læta læti latè Latin Mæcenas magìs magno malè medio mighty mollia moreo'er namque neath neque nocte Numina Nunc o'er ocean oleaster omnes Omnia omnis pecori pingues pingui plain plough primùm Primus quà quæ quæque Quàm Quid quis quoque quùm rastris sæpe sese shalt thou shower Sire soil sooth spring stabulis stream swain tantum Tayget tecta tectis tellus terga Terque terræ terram thee tibi toil tree tribe ulmos unto VALPY verò vines vomere winds woods
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Page 15 - Caesar, invidet, atque hominum queritur curare triumphos, quippe ubi fas versum atque nefas : tot bella per orbem, 505 tam multae scelerum facies, non ullus aratro dignus honos, squalent abductis arva colonis, et curvae rigidum falces conflantur in ensem.
Page 27 - Versibus incomptis ludunt risuque soluto, Oraque corticibus sumunt horrenda cavatis, Et te, Bacche, vocant per carmina laeta, tibique Oscilla ex alta suspendunt mollia pinu.
Page 62 - Eurydicenque suam iam luce sub ipsa, 490 immemor, heu ! victusque animi, respexit. ibi omnis effusus labor, atque immitis rupta tyranni foedera, terque fragor stagnis auditus Avernis. illa, Quis et me, inquit, miseram, et te perdidit, Orpheu, quis tantus furor?
Page 50 - Intima more suo sese in cunabula condent. Sin autem ad pugnam exierint — nam saepe duobus Regibus incessit magno discordia motu, Continuoque animos vulgi et trepidantia bello Corda licet longe praesciscere ; namque morantes 70 Martius ille aeris rauci canor increpat, et vox Auditur fractos sonitus imitata tubarum.
Page 29 - Musae, 475 quarum sacra fero ingenti percussus amore, accipiant caelique vias et sidera monstrent, defectus solis varios lunaeque labores; unde tremor terris, qua vi maria alta tumescant obicibus ruptis rursusque in se ipsa residant, 480 quid tantum Oceano properent se tingere soles hiberni, vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet.
Page 62 - Strymonis undam flevisse et gelidis haec evolvisse sub antris, mulcentem tigres et agentem carmine quercus: 510 qualis populea maerens philomela sub umbra amissos queritur fetus, quos durus arator observans nido implumes detraxit : at illa flet noctem, ramoque sedens miserabile carmen integrat, et maestis late loca questibus implet.
Page 33 - Optima torvae Forma bovis, cui turpe caput, cui plurima cervix, Et crurum tenus a mento palearia pendent ; Tum longo nullus lateri modus ; omnia magna, Pes etiam ; et camuris hirtae sub cornibus aures.
Page 53 - Grandaevis oppida curae et munire favos et daedala fingere tecta, at fessae multa referunt se nocte minores 180 crura thymo plenae; pascuntur et arbuta passim et glaucas salices casiamque crocumque rubentem et pinguem tiliam et ferrugineos hyacinthos. Omnibus una quies operum, labor omnibus unus.
Page 61 - At cantu commotae Erebi de sedibus imis umbrae ibant tenues simulacraque luce carentum, quam multa in foliis avium se millia condunt, vesper ubi aut hibernus agit de montibus imber, matres atque viri defunctaque corpora vita...
Page 29 - Lapithis cratere minantem. 0 fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint, agricolas ! quibus ipsa procul discordibus armis fundit humo facilem victum iustissima tellus.