Virgil

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is a fountain? which spread abroad so wide a river of speech.

Now, art thou that Virgilius and that fountain?Which spreads abroad so wide a river of speech?

is a personage whose fame still in the world endures,? and shall endure, long-lasting as the world.

O spirit courteous of Mantua,?Of whom the fame still in the world endures,?And shall endure, long-lasting as the world.

is glory of the Latin race, by whom our language showed forth all its power.

O glory of the Latin race," he said, "by whom our language showed forth all its power...

You are my guide, you are my lord and teacher.

is the chastest poet and royalest that to the memory of man is known.

The chastest poet and royalest that to the memory of man is known.

is, as compared with Homer, whose ire burns with extraordinary Heat and Vehemence, one whose flame is clearer and a chaster.

[Homer's] Fire burns with extraordinary Heat and Vehemence … Virgil's is a clearer and a chaster Flame ...