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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Page 67
... trees elsewhere the shoots , and all unbidden Burst into verdure grasses . See'st thou not How Tmolus saffron odours , Ind doth send Her iv'ry ; Saba's silken sons their own Peculiar incense G. 2 GEORGICS . BOOK I. 67 There where a ...
... trees elsewhere the shoots , and all unbidden Burst into verdure grasses . See'st thou not How Tmolus saffron odours , Ind doth send Her iv'ry ; Saba's silken sons their own Peculiar incense G. 2 GEORGICS . BOOK I. 67 There where a ...
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... tree in woods Most thickly into bloom itself shall throw , And bow its branches od'rous ; if redound The fruitage , in like form thy grains will follow , And copious threshing come with copious heat : But if with growth profuse of ...
... tree in woods Most thickly into bloom itself shall throw , And bow its branches od'rous ; if redound The fruitage , in like form thy grains will follow , And copious threshing come with copious heat : But if with growth profuse of ...
Page 76
... tree his troughs , Or badge on flock , or cyphers upon stacks Hath stamped . Others sharpen out their stakes , And forks twin - pronged ; and , Ameria's growth , For the lithe vine its ligaments prepare . Now , a light task , weav'd let ...
... tree his troughs , Or badge on flock , or cyphers upon stacks Hath stamped . Others sharpen out their stakes , And forks twin - pronged ; and , Ameria's growth , For the lithe vine its ligaments prepare . Now , a light task , weav'd let ...
Page 83
... cloud , And with his central orb hath shrunk from sight , Be showers suspected by thee . For there works Up from the deep a South wind , unto trees , And leas , and cattle with disasters big . [ GEORGICS . 83 BOOK I.
... cloud , And with his central orb hath shrunk from sight , Be showers suspected by thee . For there works Up from the deep a South wind , unto trees , And leas , and cattle with disasters big . [ GEORGICS . 83 BOOK I.
Page 87
... trees . For some , none of mankind compulsion using , Of their own choice arrive ; and plains and streams Far down their windings fill withy - as the lithe And broom elastic- poplar , and the beds Of willow silv'ring o'er with gray ...
... trees . For some , none of mankind compulsion using , Of their own choice arrive ; and plains and streams Far down their windings fill withy - as the lithe And broom elastic- poplar , and the beds Of willow silv'ring o'er with gray ...
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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 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.
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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...
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