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... lyre . But , if you rank me among the lyric poets , I shall tower to the stars with my exalted head . ODE II . TO AUGUSTUS CESAR.5 ENOUGH of snow and dreadful hail has the Sire now sent Demere partem de solido die , " sine ulla ...
... lyre . But , if you rank me among the lyric poets , I shall tower to the stars with my exalted head . ODE II . TO AUGUSTUS CESAR.5 ENOUGH of snow and dreadful hail has the Sire now sent Demere partem de solido die , " sine ulla ...
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... lyre , forbid me to diminish the praises of illustri- ous Cæsar , and yours , through defect of genius . Who with sufficient dignity will describe Mars covered with adamantine coat of mail , or Meriones swarthy with Trojan dust , or the ...
... lyre , forbid me to diminish the praises of illustri- ous Cæsar , and yours , through defect of genius . Who with sufficient dignity will describe Mars covered with adamantine coat of mail , or Meriones swarthy with Trojan dust , or the ...
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... lyre ; ingenious to conceal whatever thou hast a mind to , in jocose theft . While Apollo , with angry voice , threatened you , then but a boy , unless you would restore the oxen , previously driven away by your fraud , he laughed ...
... lyre ; ingenious to conceal whatever thou hast a mind to , in jocose theft . While Apollo , with angry voice , threatened you , then but a boy , unless you would restore the oxen , previously driven away by your fraud , he laughed ...
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... lyre breaks ( dividit ) the continuity of the song . The song divides the symphony , " i . e . you sing , and alternately play upon your amorous lyre , strains , & c . " We should , I think , construe divides with carmina , and grata ...
... lyre breaks ( dividit ) the continuity of the song . The song divides the symphony , " i . e . you sing , and alternately play upon your amorous lyre , strains , & c . " We should , I think , construe divides with carmina , and grata ...
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... lyre . He , moved by your intercession , shall drive away calamitous war , and miserable famine , and the plague from the Roman people and their sovereign Cæsar , to the Persians and the Britons . 100 It is probable , from the 17th Ode ...
... lyre . He , moved by your intercession , shall drive away calamitous war , and miserable famine , and the plague from the Roman people and their sovereign Cæsar , to the Persians and the Britons . 100 It is probable , from the 17th Ode ...
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