In my way to Naples I cross’d the
pania Felice
Liris.and Falturnus, and are at present
the Garigliano and Vulturno. The Fir st
of these Rivers has been deservedly ce-
lebrated by the Latin Poets for the Gen-
tleness of its Course, as the other for its
Rapidity arid Noise.
Rura quce Liris quiet d
Mordet aqua^ taciturhus Amnis:
H.Li. r. Od. 30.
Liris-qui fonte quieto
Diffimulat curfum, & nullo mutabilis imbre
Perfiringit tacitas gemmanti gurgite ripas.
Sil. It. L. 4’
Sulfureum.) tacitijque vadis ad litter a lapfum
^ccolit Arpinas -—• Id. L.8
TheWarlike Arpine borders on the sides )
Of the ssow Ltris, that in silence glides, C
And in its tainted Stream the working (
Sulphur hides. )
Viulturnusque rapax—CX, de Pi-. & OI. Con.
Vulturnusque celer-- Luc. L. z. 28.
•-Fluftuque fonorum
Vulturnum-— Sil. It. L.8.
The
pania Felice
Liris.and Falturnus, and are at present
the Garigliano and Vulturno. The Fir st
of these Rivers has been deservedly ce-
lebrated by the Latin Poets for the Gen-
tleness of its Course, as the other for its
Rapidity arid Noise.
Rura quce Liris quiet d
Mordet aqua^ taciturhus Amnis:
H.Li. r. Od. 30.
Liris-qui fonte quieto
Diffimulat curfum, & nullo mutabilis imbre
Perfiringit tacitas gemmanti gurgite ripas.
Sil. It. L. 4’
Sulfureum.) tacitijque vadis ad litter a lapfum
^ccolit Arpinas -—• Id. L.8
TheWarlike Arpine borders on the sides )
Of the ssow Ltris, that in silence glides, C
And in its tainted Stream the working (
Sulphur hides. )
Viulturnusque rapax—CX, de Pi-. & OI. Con.
Vulturnusque celer-- Luc. L. z. 28.
•-Fluftuque fonorum
Vulturnum-— Sil. It. L.8.
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