Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children; with Some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. The Fourth Edition, with Many Cuts |
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FIGHTING.
Ensis and gladius both mean a sword,
Both mean the blade with which foemen are gored;
Cassis and galea both mean a casque,—
That means a helmet, if Herbert should ask.
Both mean the blade with which foemen are gored;
Cassis and galea both mean a casque,—
That means a helmet, if Herbert should ask.
Fustis and clava do both mean a club,—
Hercules used one the dragon to drub;
Scutum and clypeus both mean a shield,
Which the stout warrior wears in the field.
Hercules used one the dragon to drub;
Scutum and clypeus both mean a shield,
Which the stout warrior wears in the field.
Hasta and lancea both mean a spear,
Which the brave combatants brandish and rear
Pilum and jaculum javelin or dart,
Hurled by the hand at the enemy's heart.
Which the brave combatants brandish and rear
Pilum and jaculum javelin or dart,
Hurled by the hand at the enemy's heart.
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Currus in Latin's a chariot or car,
Telum a dart that is hurl'd from afar;
As for aurīga, it means charioteer,
Cuspis the point of a weapon or spear.
Telum a dart that is hurl'd from afar;
As for aurīga, it means charioteer,
Cuspis the point of a weapon or spear.
Pugna and prœlium both mean a battle,
There the darts fly and the chariots rattle;
Milites soldiers, who make up the host,
Dux is the gen'ral who never should boast.
There the darts fly and the chariots rattle;
Milites soldiers, who make up the host,
Dux is the gen'ral who never should boast.
Acies means a battalion, they say,
Also an army in battle array;
Sanguis and cruor mean blood that is shed
When the great armies to battle are led.
Also an army in battle array;
Sanguis and cruor mean blood that is shed
When the great armies to battle are led.
Hostis means army and likewise a foe;
As for exercitus, that, you must know,
Signifies army, and campus the field
Where they do battle, and conquer or yield.
As for exercitus, that, you must know,
Signifies army, and campus the field
Where they do battle, and conquer or yield.
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