And yet neither the precedents of epic poetry nor his purpose of celebrating the national glory of Rome permitted him to leave this part of his task unattempted.
Though the time of his death may have coincided with that of the composition of this poem, the language of the lament and of the song celebrating the ascent of Daphnis to heaven is quite unlike the expression of a private or personal sorrow.
We find Horace repeatedly excusing himself with self-disparaging irony, while exhorting younger poets to the task of directly celebrating the wars of Augustus,--e.
Varius performed the office from which Virgil and Horace shrank, that, namely, of telling in verse the contemporary history of his own time, glorifying in one poem the memory of Julius Caesar, in another celebrating the wars of Augustus.
He appears as celebrating a mighty triumph, and dedicating three hundred temples to the gods of Italy in thankful acknowledgment of his victory.
What was the astonishment of the latter to behold in this grand cavalier his old friend Lope Sanchez, who was actually celebrating the marriage of his daughter Sanchica with one of the first grandees in the land.
My prisoners in troth shall ye be for fifteen days, and immured within my castle, where I claim, as conqueror, the right of celebrating your espousals.
On this very evening when they had come together for the purpose of celebrating old friendship, it seemed to him that the parting of their ways lay clearly before him.
From out of the dramshops and restaurants floated the sounds of loud talking, laughter, and singing of merry people, celebrating in hot punch the gladsome hour.
Liebesmahl," a fraternal banquet arranged, on special occasions, by the officers of a garrison or of a regiment for the purpose of celebrating joyous events.
The followers of Jesus were at times even accused--whether rightly or wrongly I know not--of celebratingsexual mysteries at their love-feasts.
Secret offerings were brought thither, while the women who were celebrating the feast woke up the new-born god.
He loaned himself passionately to all rumors celebrating the wholesale rape of women committed by the invaders of Belgium.
They continued to read and swear by the newspaper jinglers celebrating in rhyme the platitudes which kept them in subjugation.
He composed rambling articles in his mind celebrating his triumphs.
His poem, "The Campaign," celebrating the victory, took the country by storm.
This national poem, celebrating the English Edward, was written in French by a Norman monk of Westminster Abbey, and its first heroes are a Celt, a Saxon, and a Dane.
In 1594 he married Elizabeth, celebrating his wedding with his "Epithalamion," one of the most beautiful wedding hymns in any language.
We arrived there for supper and found the one hotel of the town in undisputed possession of a gang of cowboys, who werecelebrating the Fourth in approved Western style.
In the last few days of this past monumentous year, our family was blessed once more, celebrating the joy of life when a little boy became our 12th grandchild.
Incidentally, I'm delighted you are celebrating the 100th birthday of the Congress.
So sure had the Turks been that they had struck a medal for the occasion, celebrating the triumph of the capture of Basra.
She was celebrating a run of success against banks and shops with a feast when news came that two hundred and fifty soldiers under the command of a major were advancing to storm the fort.
He is a revolutionist in revolt against the American fact and celebrating a possible American future.
I know that the happy poet is a liar when he says that the nightingale is celebrating my love for Mamie, for the nightingale is concerned with other matters.
Vision of Judgment, the one composed by Southey on the occasion of the death of George III, celebrating that monarch's entry into heaven and provoking a spirited travesty from Byron.
No matter how much might already have been written on a subject (and Hazlitt did not make a practice of celebrating neglected obscurity) his own view stood out fresh and clear, and yet his judgments were never eccentric.
The Vallins werecelebrating the return of their child.
It was Victor Lecoq celebratingthe marriage of his old sweetheart, wishing her happiness and sending her his good wishes with explosions of powder.
The refugee Carlists arecelebrating to-day, in the church of Santa Maria Novella, the anniversary of the death of Louis XVI.
Even when celebrating their defeats, down to the capture of Granada, there is no contempt manifested and nowhere is to be seen a trace of religious acerbity.
Even more significant was a case, in 1816, when in Seville Lorenzo Ayllon abused a priest while celebrating mass and endeavored to seize the sacrament, and the secular authorities arrested and proceeded to try him.
As for the populace celebrating the cherry blossom festival, they evidently regarded the sight of a young woman driving a red devil-wagon as something just short of miraculous.
Probably someone who has been celebrating has wandered into the garden, but we had better wait for them in the house," Billie heard Miss Campbell remark, as she ran along the path to the side entrance.
The sanctity of life gone, there is little sanctity left in forms of celebrating it: birthdays, communions, marriage, funerals.
He described a world in its animal phase, still dependent on the cycles of nature, perceiving and celebrating repetition.
Literacy and the ceremonies celebrating the erotic-especially marriage and wedding anniversaries-are connected far beyond what most would accept on first reflection.
All set to do away with authority, they have no qualms about celebrating the imperialism of the written word.
Such expectations relate to a human being celebrating higher average ages, and an extended period of active life.
When Mrs. Frances Anne Kemble came to this country, she was amazed to find Americans celebrating the battle of Bunker Hill, which she had always heard claimed as a victory for King George.
