Bucolics
Americannoun
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A more bucolic personage Bucolics never sang; And when he took that post and wage, All round his praises rang.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, January 18, 1890 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
Petrarch, in imitation of Virgil, had written Latin Bucolics, as he had written a Latin Epic, his Africa.
From Spenser by Church, R. W. (Richard William)
His compositions in Latin are—Africa, an epic poem; his Bucolics, containing twelve eclogues; and three books of epistles.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
I took with me a flute, a copy of the Bucolics of Virgil, and numerous linen garments.
From Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature 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
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