In the spirit animating the work,-in the conception of a past history, stretching back in unbroken grandeur until it is lost in fable, but yet vitally linked to the interests of the present time,-the Annals of Ennius may be compared with the dramas in which Shakspeare has represented the national life of England-in all its greatness and vicissitudes-with the glory and splendour as well as the dark and tragic colours with which that story is inwoven.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore, A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale Edg'd with poplar pale, The parting genius is with sighing sent; With flow'r-inwoven tresses torn, The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
"A Book of Myths"
Jean Lang
It sounded as if she had said it every day, and she knew why; the words and others like them, sweet and commonplace, were inwoven with the texture of her dreams.
"Country Neighbors"
Alice Brown