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Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)

Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 201

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orace,will not fail to rememberthe numerous allusions inhis exquisite lyrics—thosegems of purest ray serene—to the lapsing waters and shadowy woods of Tibur, the modern Tivoli. No placeso dear to our poet-philosopher as the source of theresounding Albunea, the banks of the headlong Anio,the rich,… … Plan of Temple.—(Diet. Gk. Antiq.) He frequently composed his verses while rambling ITS CELEBRATED VILLAS. 199 among the bowery shades and grassy depths ofthe neighbouring valleys ; and here, in this poeticalland of faery, this Italian Arcady, he yearned to spendhis declining years :— Tibur Argeo…

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