The works of Virgil, tr. into Engl. verse by mr. Dryden. Carey, Volumen3 |
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... youth . O sacred hunger of pernicious gold ! What bands of faith can impious lucre hold ? Now , when my soul had shaken off her fears , I call my father , and the Trojan peers- Relate the prodigies of heav'n - require What he commands ...
... youth . O sacred hunger of pernicious gold ! What bands of faith can impious lucre hold ? Now , when my soul had shaken off her fears , I call my father , and the Trojan peers- Relate the prodigies of heav'n - require What he commands ...
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... youths ! go , seek that mother earth From which your ancestors derive their birth . The soil that sent you forth , her ancient race , In her old bosom , shall again embrace . 125 130 Through the wide world th'Æneian house shall reign ...
... youths ! go , seek that mother earth From which your ancestors derive their birth . The soil that sent you forth , her ancient race , In her old bosom , shall again embrace . 125 130 Through the wide world th'Æneian house shall reign ...
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... youth begin to till the labour'd land ; And I myself new marriages promote , Give laws ; and dwellings I divide by lot : 185 When rising vapours choke the wholesome air , 190 And blasts of noisome winds corrupt the year : The trees ...
... youth begin to till the labour'd land ; And I myself new marriages promote , Give laws ; and dwellings I divide by lot : 185 When rising vapours choke the wholesome air , 190 And blasts of noisome winds corrupt the year : The trees ...
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... youth their naked limbs besmear with oil , And exercise the wrestlers ' noble toil- Pleas'd to have sail'd so long before the wind , And left so many Grecian towns behind . The sun had now fulfill'd his annual course , And Boreas on the ...
... youth their naked limbs besmear with oil , And exercise the wrestlers ' noble toil- Pleas'd to have sail'd so long before the wind , And left so many Grecian towns behind . The sun had now fulfill'd his annual course , And Boreas on the ...
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... youth with happier hands I wove : Regard these trifles for the giver's sake : ' Tis the last present Hector's wife can make . 620 625 630 Thou call'st my lost Astyanax to mind : In thee , his features and his form I find . His eyes so ...
... youth with happier hands I wove : Regard these trifles for the giver's sake : ' Tis the last present Hector's wife can make . 620 625 630 Thou call'st my lost Astyanax to mind : In thee , his features and his form I find . His eyes so ...
Términos y frases comunes
abode Acestes Æneas altars Anchises arms Ascanius Ausonian bear behold Betwixt billows blood breast breath call'd Centaur Chimæra clouds coast command coursers Crete crown'd dare death descends design'd Dido dire Eryx Ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fatal fate father Faunus fear fire fix'd flame fleet flood foes forc'd fun'ral fury ghost gods Grecian ground hands haste head heav'n Helenus hero holy honour Italy Jove Juno king labours land Latian Latium light limbs Lycian Mezentius mighty mind Misenus mix'd Mnestheus night o'er oars off'ring Pachynus peace Phrygian pious plain possess'd pow'r pray'rs prince promis'd purple queen race rage rais'd rest rising rites rocks sacred sails seek seiz'd Sergestus shade shield shining shore sight Simoïs sire skies soul sound stands steeds stood Stygian sword temple thee thou Thracian thrice tow'rs town trembling Trojan troops Troy Turnus Tyber Tyrian unhappy vows wand'ring winds wood youth
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Página 52 - Sick with desire, and seeking him she loves, From street to street the raving Dido roves. So, when the watchful shepherd, from the blind, Wounds with a random shaft the careless hind, Distracted with her pain she flies the woods. Bounds o'er the lawn, and seeks the silent floods — With fruitless care ; for still the fatal dart Sticks in her side, and rankles in her heart.
Página 58 - Then first the trembling earth the signal gave, And flashing fires enlighten all the cave ; Hell from below, and Juno from above, And howling nymphs, were conscious to their love.
Página 290 - Fortune seems to favour your intent. Not far from hence there stands a hilly town, Of ancient building, and of high renown, Torn from the Tuscans by the Lydian race, Who gave the name of Caere to the place — Once Agyllina called. It flourished long, In pride of wealth and warlike people strong; Till cursed Mezentius, in a fatal hour 630 Assumed the crown, with arbitrary power.
Página 182 - And ask'd his guide from whence those yells arise; And what the crimes, and what the tortures were, And loud laments that rent the liquid air. She thus replied; "The chaste and holy race Are all forbidden this polluted place. But Hecate, when she gave to rule the woods, Then led me trembling thro' these dire abodes, And taught the tortures of th
Página 25 - When, parted hence, the wind, that ready waits For Sicily, shall bear you to the straits Where proud Pelorus opes a wider way, Tack to the larboard, and stand off to sea: Veer starboard sea and land. Th...
Página 189 - Who grac'd their age with new-invented arts: Those who to worth their bounty did extend, And those who knew that bounty to commend. The heads of these with holy fillets bound, And all their temples were with garlands crown'd.
Página 126 - The crowd withdrawn, an open plain appears. And now the noble youths, of form divine, Advance before their fathers, in a line; The riders grace the steeds; the steeds with glory shine.
Página 117 - Once, but in vain, a champion of renown, So tamely can you bear the ravish'd crown, A prize in triumph borne before your sight, And shun, for fear, the danger of the fight...
Página 148 - rings to his ghost; Sev'n youths from Athens yearly sent, to meet The fate appointed by revengeful Crete. And next to those the dreadful urn was plac'd...
Página 203 - His son, or one of his illustrious name? How like the former, and almost the same! Observe the crowds that compass him around : All gaze, and all admire, and raise a shouting sound: But hov'ring mists around his brows are spread ; And night, with sable shades, involves his head.