Medulla Poetarum Romanorum Or, the Most Beautiful and Instructive Passages of the Roman Poets. Being a Collection, (Disposed under proper Heads,) Of such Descriptions, Allusions, Comparisons, Characters, and Sentiments, as may best serve to shew the Religion, Learning, Politicks, Arts, Customs, Opinions, Manners, and Circumstances of the Antients. With Translations of the same in English Verse. By Mr. Henry Baker |
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Iris.
See Dying.
Her shining Robes, rich with a thousand Dies,
Iris puts on: then from the Heav'ns flies;
And flying forms an Arch, a Segment of the Skies.—
Iris puts on: then from the Heav'ns flies;
And flying forms an Arch, a Segment of the Skies.—
—Down to the Trojan Fleet
Saturnian Juno Iris sends from Heav'n,
And breaths the Winds to speed her airy Course:
The Virgin, seen by none, with wingy Speed
Shoots thro' a thousand Colours of her Bow.
Saturnian Juno Iris sends from Heav'n,
And breaths the Winds to speed her airy Course:
The Virgin, seen by none, with wingy Speed
Shoots thro' a thousand Colours of her Bow.
—Uprais'd on even Wings,
The Goddess mounts into the Air, and cuts
Her Bow of spacious Arch beneath the Clouds.—
The Goddess mounts into the Air, and cuts
Her Bow of spacious Arch beneath the Clouds.—
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