The Georgics of VirgilRichard Alsop, 1808 - 120 sider |
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... slow Arcturus wheels his lingering round : There , lest rude weeds should choak the rising grain , And here , scant moisture fail the sandy plain . Alternate fallows rest th ' exhausted earth , And gradual fit the soil for future birth ...
... slow Arcturus wheels his lingering round : There , lest rude weeds should choak the rising grain , And here , scant moisture fail the sandy plain . Alternate fallows rest th ' exhausted earth , And gradual fit the soil for future birth ...
Side 12
... slow Ceres to her fane : Hurdle , and sled , and harrow's heavy load , And mystic van the symbol of a God . These wise provide , if aught of rural fame , Or labours lov'd of heaven , thy breast inflame . Form'd for the crooked plough ...
... slow Ceres to her fane : Hurdle , and sled , and harrow's heavy load , And mystic van the symbol of a God . These wise provide , if aught of rural fame , Or labours lov'd of heaven , thy breast inflame . Form'd for the crooked plough ...
Side 13
... slow degrees , Oft have I seen the temper'd seeds deceive , And o'er the treacherous pod the peasant grieve : Save where slow patience , o'er and o'er again , GEORGICS ...... BOOK I. 13.
... slow degrees , Oft have I seen the temper'd seeds deceive , And o'er the treacherous pod the peasant grieve : Save where slow patience , o'er and o'er again , GEORGICS ...... BOOK I. 13.
Side 14
Virgil. Save where slow patience , o'er and o'er again , Cull'd yearly , one by one , the largest grain ; So all , forc'd back by Fate's resistless sway , To swift destruction falls and sad decay . Thus , if th ' unwearied oar , that ...
Virgil. Save where slow patience , o'er and o'er again , Cull'd yearly , one by one , the largest grain ; So all , forc'd back by Fate's resistless sway , To swift destruction falls and sad decay . Thus , if th ' unwearied oar , that ...
Side 15
... lights to lave , And slowly roll above the ocean wave . There night , eternal night , and silence sleep , And gathering darkness broods upon the deep : · Or from our clime , when fades the orient GEORGICS ...... BOOK I. 15.
... lights to lave , And slowly roll above the ocean wave . There night , eternal night , and silence sleep , And gathering darkness broods upon the deep : · Or from our clime , when fades the orient GEORGICS ...... BOOK I. 15.
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æther arms ARTHUR MURPHY Bacchus battle Bees bend beneath blast blood bloom boughs bound breathe brood brow burst Cæsar caves cells Ceres Chaonian clouds courser crown'd Cyrene dark deep domes dread Drones Dryads earth Eurus Eurydice faithful band fame feed field fierce fire flame flocks flood flower fruit galbanum gale genial GEORGICS glade glow golden grove heaven herds hive Jesuits Jove labour land leave light limbs load lonely mead native night nymphs o'er o'erflowing olive pale Paraguay plain plants plough poison'd pomp purple Queen race rage realm rear reign repose rich rill rise roll'd round rush Scorpius shade shelter'd shore showers sire soil spread spring steeds streams swain swarms sweets swell tempests thee thou thyme tide Tmolus toil vernal vines Virgil virgin waste wave wild WILLIAM SOTHEBY wind wing'd wings wood wound yield young youth