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... sing Achilles ' stubborn ire , Nor false Ulysses ' wandering course , Nor Pelops ' house of cruel force . For me such themes are all too great , I say , And soon my lack of genius would betray ; My timid Muse is far too weak Of yours ...
... sing Achilles ' stubborn ire , Nor false Ulysses ' wandering course , Nor Pelops ' house of cruel force . For me such themes are all too great , I say , And soon my lack of genius would betray ; My timid Muse is far too weak Of yours ...
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... sing , and girls who war with males , Fierce girls whose weapons are their finger - nails . Alike in love or free from passion , I'm wont to trifle in my fashion . VII . TO MUNATIUS PLANCUS . Famed Rhodes or Mitylene some will please ...
... sing , and girls who war with males , Fierce girls whose weapons are their finger - nails . Alike in love or free from passion , I'm wont to trifle in my fashion . VII . TO MUNATIUS PLANCUS . Famed Rhodes or Mitylene some will please ...
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... sing you , inventor of harps , and of Jove And of all the gods messenger chief ; So cunning whatever you please to remove , By sportively playing the thief . When he threatened your youth as he found out your craft , His oxen all gone ...
... sing you , inventor of harps , and of Jove And of all the gods messenger chief ; So cunning whatever you please to remove , By sportively playing the thief . When he threatened your youth as he found out your craft , His oxen all gone ...
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... sing of Hercules's might , And Leda's twins - one famed in fight , And one for chariot skill - bright signs : Soon as their light on seamen shines , Down from the rocks the waters glide , The clouds disperse , the winds subside , The ...
... sing of Hercules's might , And Leda's twins - one famed in fight , And one for chariot skill - bright signs : Soon as their light on seamen shines , Down from the rocks the waters glide , The clouds disperse , the winds subside , The ...
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... sing of fate behind . ' Ill - omened voyage ! her you bear away All Greece shall arm to carry back one day , Sworn these unhallowed nuptials to undo And Priam's empire too . Alas ! what toil I see for man and horse , What dire ...
... sing of fate behind . ' Ill - omened voyage ! her you bear away All Greece shall arm to carry back one day , Sworn these unhallowed nuptials to undo And Priam's empire too . Alas ! what toil I see for man and horse , What dire ...
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