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Philips, John
(Encyclopedia) Philips, John, 1676–1709, English poet. He was one of the few to write in blank verse in an age when the heroic couplet was the standard form. His Splendid Shilling (1701, 1705) is a…May, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) May, Thomas, 1595–1650, English author, b. Sussex, grad. Cambridge, 1612. Besides writing several tragedies on classical subjects, he wrote two comedies, The Heir (1620) and The Old…Tempe, Vale of
(Encyclopedia) Tempe, Vale of, Gr. Témbi, valley, c.5 mi (8 km) long, E central Greece, NE Thessaly, between Mt. Olympus and Mt. Óssa. Traversed by the Piniós River, the valley is famous for its…Percy Bysshe Shelley: From Vergil's Fourth Georgic
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The SameSonnetFrom Vergil's Fourth Georgic Verses 360 et seq. Published by Locock, "Examination", etc., 1903. And the cloven waters like a chasm of mountains…Virgil
Name at birth: Publius Vergilius MaroThe most famous poet of ancient Rome, Virgil (or Vergil) wrote the Aeneid, one of the greatest epic poems in human history. Raised on a farm in northern Italy,…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Sonnet ("From the Italian of Dante")
by Percy Bysshe Shelley From Vergil's Fourth Georgic The First Canzone of the Convito Sonnet From the Italian of Dante Published with "Alastor", 1816; reprinted, "Posthumous Poems", 1824.…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Same
by Percy Bysshe Shelley From Vergil's Tenth EclogueFrom Vergil's Fourth GeorgicThe Same (As revised by Mr. C.D. Locock.) Melodious Arethusa, o'er my verse Shed thou once more the…Brewer's: Cymodoce
(4 syl.). A sea nymph and companion of Venus. (Virgil: Georgic, iv. 338; and again, Æneid, v. 826.) The word means “wave-receiving.” The Garden of Cymodoce. Sark, one of the Channel…Brewer's: Aquiline
(3 syl.). Raymond's matchless steed, bred on the banks of the Tagus. (Georgics, iii. 271–277; and Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered, book vii.) (See Horse.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Mantuan Swain, Swan
or Bard (The). Virgil, a native of Mantua, in Italy. Besides his great Latin epic, he wrote pastorals and Georgics. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Trending
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