But whereas the Virgilian quote dissolves on inspection, Kipling's choice, from the 44th chapter of Ecclesiasticus, becomes more profound as its context becomes clearer. |
It must be admitted, however, that the poet's uncouth diction is anything but Virgilian. |
Through his continued application of georgic strategies, he is returned to a truly Virgilian sense of the extreme volatility of the labor of imperial regeneration. |
It struck me as the Virgilian lots formerly struck the superstitious. |
The Virgilian line our orator introduced so felicitously is omitted. |
The four eclogues are in the Virgilian tradition and are also influenced by Calpurnius. |