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Galatia (Turkey) (search for this): book 8, card 109
ring 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; while the sea Sent up in answer to the changing keel A different murmur. Not so deftly turns Curbing his steeds, his wain the Charioteer, While glows his dexter wheel, and with the left He almost touches, yet avoids the goal. Now Titan veiled the stars and showed the shore; When, following Magnus, came a scattered band Saved from the Thracian storm. From Lesbos' port His son; Sextus. next, captains who preserved their faith; . For at his side, though vanquished in the field, Cast down by fate, in exile, still there stood, Lords of the earth and all her Orient realms, The Kings, his ministers. To the furthest lands He bids Tetrarch of Galatia. He was always friendly to Rome, and in the civil war sided with Pompeius. He was at Pharsalia. Deiotarus: ' O faithful friend,
Scythia (search for this): book 8, card 109
at points Found in the Wain would pilot him aright To shores of Libya. But thus replied The well-skilled watcher of the silent skies: 'Not by the constellations moving ever 'Across the heavens do we guide our barks; 'For that were perilous; but by that starComp. Book III., 256. 'Which never sinks nor dips below the wave, 'Girt by the glittering groups men call the Bears. 'When 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 shape the yards 'And set the canvas? ' Magnus, doubting still; 'This only be thy care: from Thracia steer ' The vessel onward;
Canopus (Egypt) (search for this): book 8, card 109
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,
Italy (Italy) (search for this): book 8, card 109
ps, 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; while the sea Sent up in answer to the changing keel A differen
Lesbos (Greece) (search for this): book 8, card 109
ll is thine, ' The treasures of our temples and the gold, ' Take all our youth by land or on the sea ' To do thy bidding: Lesbos only asks ' This from the chief who sought her in his pride, ' Not in his fall to leave her.' Pleased in soul At such a l ' And find it faithful? Here was Rome for me, ' Country and household gods. This shore I sought ' Home of my wife, this Lesbos, which for her ' Had merited remorseless Caesar's ire: ' Nor was afraid to trust you with the means ' To gain his mercy. deity, if still with me 'Thou bidest, thus. May it be mine again, Conquered, with hostile Caesar on my track, 'To find a Lesbos where to enter in 'And whence to part, unhindered.' In the boat He placed his spouse: while from the shore arose Such lam veiled the stars and showed the shore; When, following Magnus, came a scattered band Saved from the Thracian storm. From Lesbos' port His son; Sextus. next, captains who preserved their faith; . For at his side, though vanquished in the field, Cast
Libya (Libya) (search for this): book 8, card 109
cares, sought through the kings His subjects, and the cities leagued with Rome In faith, and through the pathless tracts that lie Beyond the scorching suns of southern climes: Till trouble of his cares and hateful thought Of that which might be, made him cast afar His wavering doubts, and from the captain seek Some counsel on the heavens; how by the sky He marked his track upon the deep; what star Guided the path to Syria, and what points Found in the Wain would pilot him aright To shores of Libya. But thus replied The well-skilled watcher of the silent skies: 'Not by the constellations moving ever 'Across the heavens do we guide our barks; 'For that were perilous; but by that starComp. Book III., 256. 'Which never sinks nor dips below the wave, 'Girt by the glittering groups men call the Bears. 'When 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
Argo (Sudan) (search for this): book 8, card 109
ions moving ever 'Across the heavens do we guide our barks; 'For that were perilous; but by that starComp. Book III., 256. 'Which never sinks nor dips below the wave, 'Girt by the glittering groups men call the Bears. 'When 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 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 be
Thracia (search for this): book 8, card 109
'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