Latin for Beginners by Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge
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«18.» Read the stanzas of the following poem by Longfellow, one at a time, first the English and then the Latin version. The syllables inclosed in parentheses are to be slurred or omitted to secure smoothness of meter. EXCELSIOR [[HIGHER]]! [6] The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, âmid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior! CadÄbant noctis umbrae, dum Ibat per vÄ«cum Alpicum GelÅ« nivequ(e) adolÄscÄns, VÄxillum cum signÅ ferÄns, Excelsior! His brow was sad; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior! FrÅns trÄ«stis, micat oculus Velut Ä vÄgÄ«nÄ gladius; Sonantque similÄs tubae AccentÅ«s lingu(ae) incognitae, |
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