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Page 21 - O mihi tum longae maneat pars ultima vitae, spiritus et quantum sat erit tua dicere facta : non me carminibus vincet nee Thracius Orpheus, nee Linus, huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo.
Page 16 - Teque adeo decus hoc aevi, te consule, inibit, Pollio, et incipient magni procedere menses, te duce, si qua manent sceleris vestigia nostri, irrita perpetua solvent formidine terras, ille deum vitam accipiet, divisque videbit 15 permixtos heroas, et ipse videbitur illis, pacatumque reget patriis virtutibus orbem.
Page 18 - Thetim ratibus, quae cingere muris oppida, quae iubeant telluri infindere sulcos. alter erit turn Tiphys, et altera quae vehat Argo delectos heroas; erunt etiam altera bella, atque iterum ad Troiam magnus mittetur Achilles.
Page 18 - ... occidet ; Assyrium vulgo nascetur amomum. at simul heroum laudes et facta parentis iam legere et quae sit poteris cognoscere virtus, molli paulatim flavescet campus arista, incultisque rubens pendebit sentibus uva, et durae quercus sudabunt roscida mella.
Page 16 - Saturnia regna, iam nova progenies caelo demittitur alto. tu modo nascenti puero, quo ferrea primum desinet ac toto surget gens aurea mundo, casta fave Lucina.
Page 19 - Cedet et ipse mari vector, nec nautica pinus Mutabit merces: omnis feret omnia tellus. Non rastros patietur humus, non vinea falcem...
Page 19 - Nee varies discet mentiri lana colores, Ipse sed in pratis aries jam suave rubenti Murice, jam croceo mutabit vellera luto ; Sponte sua sandyx pascentes vestiet agnos. 45 Talia saecla, suis dixerunt, currite, fusis Concordes stabili fatorum numine Parcae.
Page 17 - At tibi prima, puer, nullo munuscula cultu errantes hederas passim cum baccare tellus mixtaque ridenti colocasia fundet acantho. 20 Ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae ubera, nec magnos metuent armenta leones.
Page 20 - Talia saecla,' suis dixerunt, ' currite,' fusis Concordes stabili fatorum numine Parcae. Aggredere o magnos — aderit jam tempus — honores, Cara deum soboles, magnum Jovis incrementum...
Page 107 - ... to a sincere feeling ; but not to expatiate on the emotions which they mistake for the real emotion in the other departments, there are probably a good many people who mistake for a love of nature the pleasure of fresh air, physical movement, and change of scene. Many worthy golfers, for instance, who do not know that they are speaking insincerely, attribute, in conversation, the pleasure they feel in pursuing their game to the agreeable surroundings in which it is pursued ; but my secret belief...