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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... rich ear exchang'd , and goblets mix'd Of Achelous with the fresh - found grapes --- And ye , the rustics ' favouring Powers , ye Fauns , ( Advance in tune your foot , both Fauns and Dryad maids , ) , G Gifts of your hand I chant . And ...
... rich ear exchang'd , and goblets mix'd Of Achelous with the fresh - found grapes --- And ye , the rustics ' favouring Powers , ye Fauns , ( Advance in tune your foot , both Fauns and Dryad maids , ) , G Gifts of your hand I chant . And ...
Page 66
... rich copses thrice a hundred steers Snow - white , are browsing — Of thyself thy grove Paternal leaving , and Lyceum's glades , Pan , of our sheep the guardian , if to thee Thy Mænalus be dear , assist , O Lord Of Tegea , with favour ...
... rich copses thrice a hundred steers Snow - white , are browsing — Of thyself thy grove Paternal leaving , and Lyceum's glades , Pan , of our sheep the guardian , if to thee Thy Mænalus be dear , assist , O Lord Of Tegea , with favour ...
Page 68
... rich soil from the year's primal months Let thy strong steers upturn , and as they lie Let the dust - clouded summer bake thy clods With ripening suns . But if the soil hath prov'd Not fecund , t'wards Arcturus self ' twill be Enough to ...
... rich soil from the year's primal months Let thy strong steers upturn , and as they lie Let the dust - clouded summer bake thy clods With ripening suns . But if the soil hath prov'd Not fecund , t'wards Arcturus self ' twill be Enough to ...
Page 69
... rich sand , then on the leas conducts A stream , and rills that follow at command . And when scorch'd up the field with withering herbage Is gasping all for breath , lo ! from the brow Of some cross hill - side track a rippling stream G ...
... rich sand , then on the leas conducts A stream , and rills that follow at command . And when scorch'd up the field with withering herbage Is gasping all for breath , lo ! from the brow Of some cross hill - side track a rippling stream G ...
Page 73
... rich but with chaff , the stalks Thy floor shall bruise . Seeds I in truth have seen Full many a farmer medicate when sowing , And first with nitre , and black oil - lees drench ; That fuller in fallacious pods the fruit Might prove ...
... rich but with chaff , the stalks Thy floor shall bruise . Seeds I in truth have seen Full many a farmer medicate when sowing , And first with nitre , and black oil - lees drench ; That fuller in fallacious pods the fruit Might prove ...
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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.