Both urge their oars, and fortune both supplies, And both perhaps had shar'd an equal prize; When ...
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Not one dares answer to the proud demand. Presuming of his force, with sparkling eyes Already he d...
Do thy broad hands the forky lightnings lance? Thine are the bolts, or the blind work of chance? A...
And order'd you the prize without the lot. Accept this goblet, rough with figur'd gold, Which Thra...
Chides my delay, and fills my soul with fears; And young Ascanius justly may complain Of his defra...
If gods are gods, and not invok'd in vain; Yet spare the relics of the Trojan train! Yet from the ...
The yawning earth rebellows to her call, Pale ghosts ascend, and mountain ashes fall. Witness, ye ...
And to her faith commit the Trojan race? Shall I believe the Siren South again, And, oft betray'd,...
"Go, Barce, call my sister. Let her care The solemn rites of sacrifice prepare; The sheep, and all...
Conduct my steps to Tiber's happy shore; If ever I ascend the Latian throne, And build a city I ma...
And some, oppress'd with more ignoble fear, Remount the hollow horse, and pant in secret there. "B...
And in deserted caverns lodge by night; Oft from the rocks a dreadful prospect see Of the huge Cyc...
Pitied the woes a parent underwent, And sent me back in safety from his tent.' "This said, his fee...
Her falt'ring tongue forbids to speak the rest. When day declines, and feasts renew the night, Sti...
A peal of rattling thunder roll in air: There shot a streaming lamp along the sky, Which on the wi...