The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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Page 53
... lofty palm , and the fir which will one day behold the disasters of . the deep . But the prickly arbutus is grafted with the fruit of the nut , and plane - trees , though barren , have borne heavy apples in their day - the chestnut's ...
... lofty palm , and the fir which will one day behold the disasters of . the deep . But the prickly arbutus is grafted with the fruit of the nut , and plane - trees , though barren , have borne heavy apples in their day - the chestnut's ...
Page 66
... lofty palace with proud gates disgorging from every room a vast tide of morning visitors ; if they have not doors inlaid with sumptuous tortoiseshell to gloat on , and tapestry with fancy work of gold , and bronzes of Ephyra ; if their ...
... lofty palace with proud gates disgorging from every room a vast tide of morning visitors ; if they have not doors inlaid with sumptuous tortoiseshell to gloat on , and tapestry with fancy work of gold , and bronzes of Ephyra ; if their ...
Page 71
... lofty work can my mind essay . Come along - no loitering or delay - here is Citharon calling us in full cry , and the hounds of Taygete , and Epidaurus with her well - trained horses - a cry rebounding in echoes from the applauding ...
... lofty work can my mind essay . Come along - no loitering or delay - here is Citharon calling us in full cry , and the hounds of Taygete , and Epidaurus with her well - trained horses - a cry rebounding in echoes from the applauding ...
Page 92
... lofty towers , where dark Galæsus bathes the yellow fields , I saw an old man of Corycus , who had a few acres of unappropriated land , soil with no productiveness for bullocks , no fitness for cattle , no friendliness for the wine ...
... lofty towers , where dark Galæsus bathes the yellow fields , I saw an old man of Corycus , who had a few acres of unappropriated land , soil with no productiveness for bullocks , no fitness for cattle , no friendliness for the wine ...
Page 106
... lofty fanes , and let from their throats the stream of sacred blood , and leave the bodies of the kine to themselves in the leafy grove . After , when the ninth morn - goddess shall have displayed the dawn , to Orpheus you will send a ...
... lofty fanes , and let from their throats the stream of sacred blood , and leave the bodies of the kine to themselves in the leafy grove . After , when the ninth morn - goddess shall have displayed the dawn , to Orpheus you will send a ...
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