"These poems of Virgil have always delighted me much; there is frequently either an elegance or a happiness which no translation can hope to equal."
— Eclogues

January 1, 1970

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PoetryWorks by Virgil
Original Language: English

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William Wordsworth, letter to Francis Wrangham (19 February 1819), in Memoirs of William Wordsworth, Poet-laureate by Christopher Wordsworth, Vol. II (1851), p. 206.