Bucolics
Americannoun
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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.
There is no evidence in the Bucolics that Virgil ever had any practical knowledge of agriculture before he undertook to write the Georgics.
From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax
Bucolics are very sweet, but their writers do not believe in them.
From Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays by Titcomb, Timothy
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
If I mistake not, he is the same person as Gallus the poet, whose loss Virgil deplores at the end of his Bucolics, celebrating his memory in sweet verses.
From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Yonge, Charles Duke
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