The Works of VirgilG. Bell, 1891 - 404 pages |
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... lofty rock shall sing to the breezes : nor meanwhile shall either the hoarse wood - pigeons , thy delight , or the turtle from his lofty elm , cease to coo . 8 T. Sooner therefore shall the fleet stags pasture high in the air , and the ...
... lofty rock shall sing to the breezes : nor meanwhile shall either the hoarse wood - pigeons , thy delight , or the turtle from his lofty elm , cease to coo . 8 T. Sooner therefore shall the fleet stags pasture high in the air , and the ...
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... lofty mountains . ECLOGUE II . The subject of this Eclogue is copied from Theocritus . The shepherd Cory- don is deeply enamoured of Alexis , an ungrateful youth of great beauty . ALEXIS . THE shepherd Corydon burned ' for beauteous ...
... lofty mountains . ECLOGUE II . The subject of this Eclogue is copied from Theocritus . The shepherd Cory- don is deeply enamoured of Alexis , an ungrateful youth of great beauty . ALEXIS . THE shepherd Corydon burned ' for beauteous ...
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... lofty mountain of Asia , between the Euxine and Caspian Seas . Prometheus , having made a man of clay , which he animated with fire stolen from heaven , was , for the impiety , chained to a rock on the top of Caucasus , where a vulture ...
... lofty mountain of Asia , between the Euxine and Caspian Seas . Prometheus , having made a man of clay , which he animated with fire stolen from heaven , was , for the impiety , chained to a rock on the top of Caucasus , where a vulture ...
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... lofty mountains : but if , my charming Lycidas , you make me more frequent visits , the ash in the woods shall yield to thee , and the pine in the gardens . • Boreas , the name of the north wind . According to the ancient poets , Boreas ...
... lofty mountains : but if , my charming Lycidas , you make me more frequent visits , the ash in the woods shall yield to thee , and the pine in the gardens . • Boreas , the name of the north wind . According to the ancient poets , Boreas ...
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... lofty style ? With thee my muse commenced ; with thee shall end . Accept my songs begun by thy command , and permit this ivy to creep around thy temples among thy victorious laurels . Scarce had the cold shades of night retired from the ...
... lofty style ? With thee my muse commenced ; with thee shall end . Accept my songs begun by thy command , and permit this ivy to creep around thy temples among thy victorious laurels . Scarce had the cold shades of night retired from the ...
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