The Works of VirgilG. Bell, 1891 - 404 pages |
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... streams and sacred fountains , you will enjoy the cool shade . On this side , a hedge planted at the adjoining boun- dary , whose willow blossoms are ever fed on by Hyblæan bees , shall often court you by its gentle hummings to indulge ...
... streams and sacred fountains , you will enjoy the cool shade . On this side , a hedge planted at the adjoining boun- dary , whose willow blossoms are ever fed on by Hyblæan bees , shall often court you by its gentle hummings to indulge ...
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... streams ; the meads have imbibed enough . ECLOGUE IV . Virgil , in this Eclogue , is supposed by some to refer to the birth of Marcellus , the son of Octavia , the sister of Augustus ; or to a son of his patron , the consul Pollio , to ...
... streams ; the meads have imbibed enough . ECLOGUE IV . Virgil , in this Eclogue , is supposed by some to refer to the birth of Marcellus , the son of Octavia , the sister of Augustus ; or to a son of his patron , the consul Pollio , to ...
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... streams witnessed [ the mourning of ] the nymphs , when the mother , embracing the hapless corpse of her son , reproached both gods and stars with cruelty . The swains , O Daphnis , then forgat to drive their fed cattle to the cooling ...
... streams witnessed [ the mourning of ] the nymphs , when the mother , embracing the hapless corpse of her son , reproached both gods and stars with cruelty . The swains , O Daphnis , then forgat to drive their fed cattle to the cooling ...
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... streams of Permessus , 18 to the Aonian mountains ; and how the whole choir of Phoebus rose up to do him honour : how Linus , the shepherd of song divine , his locks adorned with flowers and bitter parsley , thus addressed him : Here ...
... streams of Permessus , 18 to the Aonian mountains ; and how the whole choir of Phoebus rose up to do him honour : how Linus , the shepherd of song divine , his locks adorned with flowers and bitter parsley , thus addressed him : Here ...
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... stream and now broken tops of the old beech . M. Thou heardst it , Lycidas , and it was reported ; but our verse just as much avails amid martial arms , as they say the Chaonian 3 pigeons do , when the eagle comes upon them . But had ...
... stream and now broken tops of the old beech . M. Thou heardst it , Lycidas , and it was reported ; but our verse just as much avails amid martial arms , as they say the Chaonian 3 pigeons do , when the eagle comes upon them . But had ...
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