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Excerpt from The Eclogues of Virgil (in English in Hexameter Verse)
The study of some portion of Virgil's poems has long been considered a requisite for students pursuing an extended course of education. Martin Luther when a young man at the University made a thorough study of Cicero, Virgil and other classic authors in preparation for his life work. It is not strange that a man of his genius should find delight in the expressive beauty of Virgil's thoughts and Virgil's style. Many boys and girls in the early part of their classical course have been deeply impressed with the vivid representations and the elegance of these lines; and have had feelings similar to those of a boy fourteen years of age who was reading the story of the overthrow of Troy, and who said to his teacher that if he ever became a rich man, he would like to give the money to rebuild that ancient city.
I have long thought it would be a good thing to have Virgil's poems translated into English in hexameter verse for the benefit of those persons who are not able to read them in the language in which Virgil wrote them.
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