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Page v
... give it still a high stand- ing in the estimate of scholars . But that was a transitional period , as well in its poetry as in the English language itself ; and poets seem , both in originals and in trans- lations , to have invented ...
... give it still a high stand- ing in the estimate of scholars . But that was a transitional period , as well in its poetry as in the English language itself ; and poets seem , both in originals and in trans- lations , to have invented ...
Page vii
... give the music of the poem itself . " Dr. Edward Guest , in his History of English Rhythms , in like manner favors rather than discour- ages a similar correspondence , in translations from classic poets ; Matthew Arnold's advocacy of it ...
... give the music of the poem itself . " Dr. Edward Guest , in his History of English Rhythms , in like manner favors rather than discour- ages a similar correspondence , in translations from classic poets ; Matthew Arnold's advocacy of it ...
Page x
... gives freer rein to his choice ; and both - when sprightliness and spirited action invite it , as in the rush of thought in stir- ring descriptions - avail themselves of the dactylic movement as an element of life . But even in the ...
... gives freer rein to his choice ; and both - when sprightliness and spirited action invite it , as in the rush of thought in stir- ring descriptions - avail themselves of the dactylic movement as an element of life . But even in the ...
Page xiii
... give a pleasing variety : and they are themselves evidence of his adaptive skill . They are retained , there- fore , not merely because they facilitate metrical adaptation , but because they allow the reader to see just what terms ...
... give a pleasing variety : and they are themselves evidence of his adaptive skill . They are retained , there- fore , not merely because they facilitate metrical adaptation , but because they allow the reader to see just what terms ...
Page xv
... give it , as was his earnest desire , his final touches . But as it is , it commands the admiration of every student of the classics . Professor Francis Bowen , in the Preface to his admirable Notes on it ( 1859 ) , has very ...
... give it , as was his earnest desire , his final touches . But as it is , it commands the admiration of every student of the classics . Professor Francis Bowen , in the Preface to his admirable Notes on it ( 1859 ) , has very ...
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Acestes Æneas Æneid æther afar altars Anchises Apollo armor arms Ascanius Ausonian battle bespeaks billows blood body bosom breezes buckler Camilla Carthage cavern charger chariot chieftains comrades Creüsa Danaäns Dardan Dardanian death deep deities Dido earth Eneas Euryalus Evander exclaims eyes fates father Æneas Faunus flames fleet flits foemen forests fortune goddess gods gold grove hast hath heaven Helenus helmet Hence hero hexameter hither honor Ilian Italia Iülus Juno Jupiter Juturna land Latins Latium lofty mansions Meanwhile Messapus Mezentius midst mighty Mnestheus monarch mother mountains night Nisus o'er ocean offspring once Pallas Pergamus Phoebus Phrygian pity plains Priam ramparts right hand river round rushing Rutulians sabre sails Sergestus shalt shores shoulders sister slaughter slumber soul Spake spear spirit squadron steeds summons surges Tarchon temples Teucrans thee thine thou threshold Trojan Turnus Tyrrhenian uttered valor Venus Virgil wafted war-spear warfare warriors weapons winds wound