The Poems of VirgilLongmans, Green and Company, 1888 - 424 pages |
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Page 88
... wing , carry them in their mouths to their ungentle nest- lings a delicate morsel . But let there be a clear spring close at hand , and a pool fringed with green moss , and a thread of water coursing through the grass , and let a palm ...
... wing , carry them in their mouths to their ungentle nest- lings a delicate morsel . But let there be a clear spring close at hand , and a pool fringed with green moss , and a thread of water coursing through the grass , and let a palm ...
Page 89
... wings to the summer sun , in case the east wind should have sprinkled them while pausing in their flight , or sent them headlong into Neptune's lap . All about let there be a luxuriant growth of green casia , and wild thyme with its ...
... wings to the summer sun , in case the east wind should have sprinkled them while pausing in their flight , or sent them headlong into Neptune's lap . All about let there be a luxuriant growth of green casia , and wild thyme with its ...
Page 90
... wings , and sharpen their beaks , and string their 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 ...
... wings , and sharpen their beaks , and string their 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 ...
Page 91
... wings , their giant souls ranging through their pigmy bosoms , firm - set never to give way till the conqueror's heavy hand has forced one or other of the hosts to turn its back in flight . These storms of passion , this conflict of ...
... wings , their giant souls ranging through their pigmy bosoms , firm - set never to give way till the conqueror's heavy hand has forced one or other of the hosts to turn its back in flight . These storms of passion , this conflict of ...
Page 94
... wing , but about the hive , under the shelter of the city's wall , they fetch in water , and try short excursions , and often take up pebbles , as the tossing wave makes unsteady boats take up ballast , and with these balance themselves ...
... wing , but about the hive , under the shelter of the city's wall , they fetch in water , and try short excursions , and often take up pebbles , as the tossing wave makes unsteady boats take up ballast , and with these balance themselves ...
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