The Penguin Book of Latin Verse: With Plain Prose Translations of Each PoemFrederick Brittain |
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... flower . Proserpine herself gathered slender crocuses and white lilies . Ab- sorbed in plucking flowers , little by little she strayed farther away , and it so happened that none of her companions followed her mis- tress . Pluto , her ...
... flower . Proserpine herself gathered slender crocuses and white lilies . Ab- sorbed in plucking flowers , little by little she strayed farther away , and it so happened that none of her companions followed her mis- tress . Pluto , her ...
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... flowers , among the bowers of myrtle , neither Ceres nor Bacchus is absent , nor is the god of poets . The whole ... flowers from Hybla . She herself as president will deliver her judgements , and the Graces will sit with her . Pour out ...
... flowers , among the bowers of myrtle , neither Ceres nor Bacchus is absent , nor is the god of poets . The whole ... flowers from Hybla . She herself as president will deliver her judgements , and the Graces will sit with her . Pour out ...
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... flowers sent to you , flowers to which the religious life inclines you . You , who now mortify yourself in order to be reborn into the light of the world to come , can judge from these flowers what heaven's field will be like . Learn ...
... flowers sent to you , flowers to which the religious life inclines you . You , who now mortify yourself in order to be reborn into the light of the world to come , can judge from these flowers what heaven's field will be like . Learn ...
Contents
General Editors Foreword | xlix |
SAINT AMBROSE c 34097 at first an advocate and a civil | l |
CONRAD CELTIS 14591508 the son of a German vintner | liv |
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accentual verse Adeste fideles aetas aeterni regis Alleluia amavit cras amet amavit quique amavit amet qui nunquam atque blessed caeli century Christ crucis Cujus cuncta Cytorus death decus Deus dost Dulce dulcis earth ergo Father flowers glory gratia Haec heart heaven heavenly Heu mihi misero Hinc holy hymns illa inter ipsa ipse JACOB BALDE Jesus juventus king Latium let him love Lord loved love tomorrow Lully mater Mnestheus modo mortis mother neque never loved nihil nobis nomen nunc amet nunquam amavit quique omnes omnia omnis patris poems poets praise puellae quae quaeque Qualia quam quid quique amavit cras quod rejoice saecula Saint semper Sequence sibi sing Sirmio song soul Spirit sunt sweet tamen terra thee thine things thou didst tibi Tomorrow let tuis Tunc ulmos umbras Veni venit VINCENT BOURNE virgin virgo vita