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 85
... whole welkin heard - with quakings strange --- [ groves , The Alps did shake . A voice , too , through the As they lay wrapt in silence , clear was heard By many an ear , — a thunder voice ; and shapes All pale in wond'rous fashion were ...
... whole welkin heard - with quakings strange --- [ groves , The Alps did shake . A voice , too , through the As they lay wrapt in silence , clear was heard By many an ear , — a thunder voice ; and shapes All pale in wond'rous fashion were ...
Page 86
... 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 bridling curbs , The charioteer off with his steeds is swept , Nor does the car give ear ...
... 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 bridling curbs , The charioteer off with his steeds is swept , Nor does the car give ear ...
Page 88
... whole forest , matted close , As unto cherries , and elms : so too the bay Parnassian , infant - like , beneath the shade Gigantic of its dam , itself upthrows . These modes did nature first appoint , with these Each race of woods and ...
... whole forest , matted close , As unto cherries , and elms : so too the bay Parnassian , infant - like , beneath the shade Gigantic of its dam , itself upthrows . These modes did nature first appoint , with these Each race of woods and ...
Page 104
... whole soil Be cleav'd both thrice and four times , and the clod With turnéd prongs eternally be crush'd , And the whole grove be lighten'd of its leaf . Returns unto the swains their toil propell'd Into a circle ; and the year pursuing ...
... whole soil Be cleav'd both thrice and four times , and the clod With turnéd prongs eternally be crush'd , And the whole grove be lighten'd of its leaf . Returns unto the swains their toil propell'd Into a circle ; and the year pursuing ...
Page 107
... whole halls a tide of morning greeters ; Nor gaze they open - mouth'd on portals chequer'd With beauteous shell , and vestures trick'd with gold , And Ephyre's bronzes ; nor is pallid fleece Dusk'd with Assyrian venom , nor with cassia ...
... whole halls a tide of morning greeters ; Nor gaze they open - mouth'd on portals chequer'd With beauteous shell , and vestures trick'd with gold , And Ephyre's bronzes ; nor is pallid fleece Dusk'd with Assyrian venom , nor with cassia ...
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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.