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M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley), book 8, line 109 (search)
stands the pole-star clear before the mast, 'Then to the Bosphorus look we, and the main 'Which carves the coast of Scythia. But the more 'Bootes dips, and nearer to the sea 'Is Cynosura seen, so much the ship ' Towards Syria tends, till bright Canopus Canopus is a star in Argo, invisible in Italy. (Haskins.) shines, 'In southern skies content to hold his course; ' With him upon the left past Pharos borne 'Straight for the Syrtes shalt thou plough the deep. ' But whither now dost bid me shapeCanopus is a star in Argo, invisible in Italy. (Haskins.) shines, 'In southern skies content to hold his course; ' With him upon the left past Pharos borne 'Straight for the Syrtes shalt thou plough the deep. ' But whither now dost bid me shape the yards 'And set the canvas? ' Magnus, doubting still; 'This only be thy care: from Thracia steer ' The vessel onward; shun with all thy skill 'Italia's distant shore: and for the rest 'Trust to the winds for guidance. When I sought, ' Pledged with the Lesbians, my spouse beloved, 'My course was sure: now, Fortune, where thou wilt Give me a refuge.' These his answering words. The pilot, as they hung from level yards Shifted the sails; and hauling to the stern One sheet, he slacked the other,
M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley), book 10, line 1 (search)
ard to break The harbour chains, and borne in little boat Within the Macedonian palace gates, Caesar unknowing, entered: Egypt's shame; Fury of Latium; to the bane of Rome Unchaste. For as the Spartan queen of yore By fatal beauty Argos urged to strife And Ilium's homes, so Cleopatra roused Italia's frenzy. By her drum The kettledrum used in the worship of Isis. (See Book VIII., line 975.) she called Down on the Capitol terror (if to speak Such word be lawful); mixed with Roman arms Coward Canopus, hoping she might lead A Pharian triumph, Caesar in her train; And 'twas in doubt upon Leucadian At the Battle of Actium. The island of Leucas, close to the promontory of Actium, is always named by Lucan when he refers to this battle. (See also Virgil,'Aeneid,' viii., 677.) waves Whether a woman, not of Roman blood, Should hold the world in awe. Such lofty thoughts Seized on her soul upon that night in which The wanton daughter of Pellean kings First shared our leaders' couches. Who shall