Bucolics
Americannoun
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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
In the seven eclogues of Calpurnius may be found a larger assortment of vegetables, of agricultural implements and operations, than in the Bucolics of Vergil, but there is little poetry, pastoral or otherwise.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
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
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.
He left Bucolics, trees, and all, And moved away to Montreal, To teach, as better him did suit, "The young idea how to shoot."
From Recollections of Bytown and Its Old Inhabitants by Lett, William Pittman
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