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Old 05-18-2017, 11:12 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
QUOTE=AlexBell;3522857]
She quotes a poem which I think is in Latin:

O, qui me gelidis convallibus Haemi
Sistat et ingenti ramorum protegat umbra!
The quote is from Virgil's Georgics. The translation I liked best is:

O, for one set me in the cool glens of Haemus,
and shield me under the branchs' mighty shade
.[/QUOTE]

Couldn't you come up with:

O, for one who will set me within the cool glens of Haemus,
and shield me under those branches mighty shade!

- just based on what the rough translation said? Certainly such a translation would read logically.
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