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...if only Mantua is spared to us .... your name shall be extolled to heaven by our singing swans.
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), The Road to Town, from: The Pastoral Poems (The Eclogues), translated by E.V. Rieu, Penguin Classics, 1949, p.74
PLACE: Northern Italy (see also card no.542)
TIME: During Virgil's lifetime, ca. 70 B.C.
CIRCUMSTANCE: Swans: Rieu on p. 124 suggests that these are poets.
I have the feeling that I cannot yet compare with Varius or Cinna, but cockle like a goose among melodious swans.
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), The Road to Town, from: The Pastoral Poems (The Eclogues), translated by E.V. Rieu, Penguin Classics, 1949, p.74.
PLACE: Northern Italy (see also card no.542)
TIME: During Virgil's lifetime, ca. 70 B.C.
CIRCUMSTANCE: Swans: Rieu on p. 124 suggests that these are poets. The goose (also the poet) does not blend with "melodious swans" in his poetry.
Through all its length the lake lies calm and hushed for you; the blustering wind has fallen: not a murmur left.
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), The Road to Town, from: The Pastoral Poems (The Eclogues), translated by E.V. Rieu, Penguin Classics, 1979, p. 75
PLACE: Northern Italy (see also card no.542)
TIME: During Virgil's lifetime, ca. 70 B.C.
CIRCUMSTANCE: The natural image suggests they too quit their songs (like the wind) and proceed with the journey.
We are not singing to the deaf: the forest echoes every word. I hear the echoes as I thread the woods.
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), Gallus, from: The Pastoral Poems (The Eclogues), translated by E.V. Rieu, Penguin Calssics, 1949, p. 79 and p. 81.
PLACE: Northern Italy (see also card no.542)
TIME: During Virgil's lifetime, ca. 70 B.C.
CIRCUMSTANCE: Nature responds to humans, song and action.
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