The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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Page 71
... arms of our own Quirinus ; ay , and there , in full tide of war , swelling high , shall be seen the Nile , and columns built high with sailors ' brass . I will throw in , too , Asia's vanquished cities , and Niphates with his shattered ...
... arms of our own Quirinus ; ay , and there , in full tide of war , swelling high , shall be seen the Nile , and columns built high with sailors ' brass . I will throw in , too , Asia's vanquished cities , and Niphates with his shattered ...
Page 73
... arms in the distance , no standing still for him ; he pricks his ears , his whole body quivers , he snorts , and works in his nostrils the gathered fire . His mane is thick , and as he tosses it , rests on his right shoulder . The spine ...
... arms in the distance , no standing still for him ; he pricks his ears , his whole body quivers , he snorts , and works in his nostrils the gathered fire . His mane is thick , and as he tosses it , rests on his right shoulder . The spine ...
Page 90
... arms , and throng and swarm round their king and about the very door of the royal tent , and with loud cries bid the foe come on . So when then they have got a clear spring day , and the field is open before them , forth they rush for ...
... arms , and throng and swarm round their king and about the very door of the royal tent , and with loud cries bid the foe come on . So when then they have got a clear spring day , and the field is open before them , forth they rush for ...
Page 94
... arms in measured cadence , and turning with their griping tongs the iron here and there - so , if it be right to compare small things with great , the bees of Cecrops ' clime are stimulated to labour by an inborn love of acquiring ...
... arms in measured cadence , and turning with their griping tongs the iron here and there - so , if it be right to compare small things with great , the bees of Cecrops ' clime are stimulated to labour by an inborn love of acquiring ...
Page 116
... arms of Troy : now he reposes , lapped in the calm of peace . Meantime we , of thine own blood , to whom thy nod secures the pinnacle of heaven , our ships , most mon- strous , lost , as thou seest , all to sate the malice of one cruel ...
... arms of Troy : now he reposes , lapped in the calm of peace . Meantime we , of thine own blood , to whom thy nod secures the pinnacle of heaven , our ships , most mon- strous , lost , as thou seest , all to sate the malice of one cruel ...
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