There all stood begging to be first across And reached out longing hands to the far shore. - Virgil

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There all stood begging to be first across
And reached out longing hands to the far shore.

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About Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), known in English as Virgil or Vergil, was a Roman poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that became the Roman Empire's national epic.

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Native Name: Publius Vergilius Maro
Alternative Names: Vergil Mantuan Swan Swan of Mantua
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