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Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley) 60 0 Browse Search
P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Arthur Golding) 12 0 Browse Search
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation 8 0 Browse Search
M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley) 6 0 Browse Search
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M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley), book 7, line 728 (search)
afar Scenting the carnage; dogs obscene and foul Their homes deserted: all the air was full Of gathering fowl, who in their flight had long Pursued the armies. Cranes Wrongly supposed by Lucan to feed on carrion. who yearly change The frosts of Thracia for the banks of Nile, This year delayed their voyage. As ne'er before The air grew dark with vultures' hovering wings, Innumerable, for every grove and wood Sent forth its denizens; on every tree Dripped from their crimsoned beaks a gory dew. Oemorials; those erected last, Or those which pierced by ancient roots have spread Through broken stones their sacred urns abroad. Thus shall the ploughman of Haemonia gaze On more abundant ashes, and the rake Pass o'er more frequent bones. Wert, Thracia, thou, Our only battlefield, no sailor's hand Upon thy shore should make his cable fast; No spade should turn, the husbandman should flee Thy fields, the resting-place of Roman dead; No lowing kine should graze, nor shepherd dare To leave his fl
M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley), book 8, line 109 (search)
'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 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, to the left Steering, where Samian rocks and Chian marred The stillness of the waters; whi