The Roman Poets of the Republic

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Edmonston and Douglas, 1863 - 378 páginas

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Página 205 - Fast by the oracle of God, I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.

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