Bell's Edition, 77–78. köideJ. Bell, 1796 |
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... shades , unknowing of the Fates , she sought , And to the Naiads flow'ry garlands brought ; Her smiling babe ( a pleasing charge ) she prest Within her arms , and nourish'd at her breast . Not distant far a watʼry lotos grows ; 15 20 ...
... shades , unknowing of the Fates , she sought , And to the Naiads flow'ry garlands brought ; Her smiling babe ( a pleasing charge ) she prest Within her arms , and nourish'd at her breast . Not distant far a watʼry lotos grows ; 15 20 ...
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... shade her with a sudden green . The child Amphissus , to her bosom prest , Perceiv'd a colder and a harder breast ... shade with shade ! Behold Andræmon and th ' unhappy sire Appear , and for their Dryope inquire ; A springing tree for ...
... shade her with a sudden green . The child Amphissus , to her bosom prest , Perceiv'd a colder and a harder breast ... shade with shade ! Behold Andræmon and th ' unhappy sire Appear , and for their Dryope inquire ; A springing tree for ...
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... shades , and in her shades be fed . Nil nisi jam faciem , quod non foret arbor , habebas , Chara soror ! lacrymæ verso de corpore factis 0 Irrorant foliis : ac dum licet , oraque præstant Vocis iter , tales effundit in aera questus ...
... shades , and in her shades be fed . Nil nisi jam faciem , quod non foret arbor , habebas , Chara soror ! lacrymæ verso de corpore factis 0 Irrorant foliis : ac dum licet , oraque præstant Vocis iter , tales effundit in aera questus ...
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... shades : Cumque loqui poterit , matrem facitote salutet , Et tristis dicat : " Latet hoc sub stipite mater . " Stagna tamen timeat ; nec carpat ab arbore flores : Et frutices omnes corpus putet esse Dearum . Chare , vale , conjux , et ...
... shades : Cumque loqui poterit , matrem facitote salutet , Et tristis dicat : " Latet hoc sub stipite mater . " Stagna tamen timeat ; nec carpat ab arbore flores : Et frutices omnes corpus putet esse Dearum . Chare , vale , conjux , et ...
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... shade : Oft in his harden'd hand a goad he bears , Like one who late unyok'd the sweating steers . Sometimes his ... shades his furrow'd brows . Tempora sæpe gerens fœno religata recenti , Desectum poterat gramen versasse videri . Sæpe ...
... shade : Oft in his harden'd hand a goad he bears , Like one who late unyok'd the sweating steers . Sometimes his ... shades his furrow'd brows . Tempora sæpe gerens fœno religata recenti , Desectum poterat gramen versasse videri . Sæpe ...
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