Bucolics
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In 1481 appeared an Italian translation of the Bucolics of Vergil from the pen of Bernardo Pulci.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.
Retiring during this year for some time to Vaucluse, Petrarch composed an eclogue in honour of the Roman revolution, the fifth in his Bucolics.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
Eclogue, ek′log, n. a short pastoral poem like Virgil's Bucolics.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The true edition is known by having at plate 1, before the Bucolics, the following Latin passage printed in red ink.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
The Bucolics are eclogues, and never touch upon either of these subjects.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
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