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The Æneid, Georgics, and Ecologues Rendered Into Engl. Blank Verse, by T.s. Burt. Including the Lat. Text
The neid Georgics and Ecologues Rendered Into Engl Blank Verse by Ts Burt Including the Lat Text Author:Publius Vergilius Maro General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1883 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: SELECTIONS FROM THE CATALECTA PUBLIUS VIEGILIUS MARO. VI. To VENUS. [SCPPOSED BT SOME TO BE A Vow OB DEDICATION OK THE .-ENEII1.] Should the delightful duty fall to me, 0 Paphia, who adorn'st Idalian bowers, Trojan /Eneas shall ere long with thee Be borne through Boman towns in fitting lays. Thy temples not alone with frankincense And ornamental tablets I'll adorn ; With pure hands chaplets, likewise, I will bring. The humble horned ram and mighty bull Shall stain thy sacred hearths in sacrifice. Cupid in marble with resplendent wings 1IJ And glittering quiver, as appropriate, Shall be, 0 (fairest) goddess, raised to thee. Be present, then, 0 Cytherea ! (now) Thy Caesar from Olympus, and a voice Fro' th' Surrcntinian shore are calling thee. ''X. Ad VILLAM SYRONIS. Vzli. ula, quje Syronis eras, et pauper agelle, Veruin illi domino tu quoque divitise : Me tibi, et bos nna niecum, et quos semper atnavi, Si quid do patria tristius audiero, Commendo, in primisque patrem. Tu nunc eris illi, Mantua quod fuerat, quodque Cremona prius. XI. Ad M. VALERIUM MESSALAM. Pauca mihi, niveo sed non incognita Phcebo, Pauca mihi, doctoc, dicite, Pcgasides. Victor adest, magni magnum decus ecce triumplii, Victor, qua terrse, quaque patent maria; Horrida barbaricrc portans insignia pugnse, Magnus ut CEnides, utque superbus Eryx ; Nee minus idcirco nostros expromere cantus Maximus, et sancto dignus inire cboros. Hoc itaque insuetis jactcr magis, optime, cuns ; -- Quid de te possirn scribere, quidve iibi. Namque, fatebor enim, quse maxima deterrendi Debuit, hortandi maxima causa fiiit. Pa...« less