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Old 05-20-2017, 02:10 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by crich70 View Post
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
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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. [/QUOTE]

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