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Description
Virgil was the Greatest of Roman Poets. From Spenser and Shakespeare through to Tennyson and William Morris, his poetry has influenced the works of major writers throughout the ages. Dante chose Virgil as a guide through the hell and purgatory of his inferno; in the middle ages the Roman poet... read more
First Sentence
This poem is about battles and the man Who, fugitive but in the hands of fate, Came first from Troy to the Lavinian shores, Tossed to and fro on land as on the sea By violence from above, the unforgetting Anger of Juno was the cause of that; And in war too he suffered much until He had laid the foundations of his city Arid brought his own gods into Latium - Whence came the Latin race, the Alban fathers Arid finally the high walls of Rome.
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Authors & Contributors
- Virgil (Author)
- C. H. Sisson
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