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Æneas Alba Longa Albans Amulius Anchises Ancus Apollo arms army Ascanius bade battle began bidding brave Brutus called camp Capitoline hill carried chariot Collatia combat comrades cried daughter dead death Dido earth Eneas enemy Etruscan Evander fate father favour fear fell fight fled friends Gabii gates gave give goddess gods Greek guard Halcyone hand head heard Hercules hill honour hope Horatius horses Italy Juno Jupiter Juturna king king's kingdom land Latins Latium Lavinia Lavinium Mamilius Mettius Mettius Fufetius Mezentius Midas night Numitor nymphs once Orpheus palace Pallas peace Pluto Porsena prayed prayers princes Proserpina Pyramus queen Remus river rode Romans Rome Romulus round Rutulians Sabines sacred Senate sent Servius Servius Tullius Sextus ships shores Sicily spoke sword Tarquin temple Thisbe throne Tiber took Trojans Troy Tullus turned Turnus Venus victory walls wandered waters words youth
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Page 233 - This day, by Lake Regillus, Under the Porcian height, All in the lands of Tusculum Was fought a glorious fight. To-morrow your Dictator Shall bring in triumph home The spoils of thirty cities To deck the shrines of Rome...
Page 28 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself, And ran dismay'd away. LOR. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Page 49 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Page 214 - O, you and I have heard our fathers say There was a Brutus once that would have brook'd The eternal devil to keep his state in Rome As easily as a king.
Page 250 - Orpheus with his lute made trees. And the mountain-tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing : To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung ; as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring.
Page 243 - O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that, frighted, thou let'st fall From Dis's* waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes, Or Cytherea's breath ; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength, a malady Most incident to maids...
Page 4 - ARMS, and the man I sing, who, forced by Fate, And haughty Juno's unrelenting hate, Expelled and exiled, left the Trojan shore.
Page 210 - And trims his helmet's plume ; When the goodwife's shuttle merrily Goes flashing through the loom ; With weeping and with laughter Still is the story told, How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.
Page 93 - The coast, so long desir'd (nor doubt th' event), Thy troops shall reach, but, having reach'd, repent. Wars, horrid wars, I view — a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple flood. Simois nor Xanthus shall be wanting there : A new Achilles shall in arms appear, And he, too, goddess-born. Fierce Juno's hate, Added to hostile force, shall urge thy fate. To what strange nations shalt not thou resort...
Page 1 - If Rome is yours, if Troy's remains, Safe by your conduct, sought and found Another city, other fanes On Tuscan ground, For whom, 'mid fires and piles of slain, .(Eneas made a broad highway, Destined, pure heart, with greater gain Their loss to pay, Grant to our sons unblemish'd ways ; Grant to our sires an age of peace ; Grant to our nation power and praise, And large increase ! See, at your shrine, with victims white, Prays Venus and Anchises...