Carolina QuotesThe god looked out upon the troubled deep Waked into tumult from its placid sleep; The flame of anger kindles in his eye As the wild waves ascend the lowering sky; He lifts his head above their awful height And to the distant fleet directs his sight.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"First Verses", translation from the Æneid, Book I, written while at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA (1824 or 1825)
- year
- 1824
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“The god looked out upon the troubled deep Waked into tumult …” Oliver Wendell Holmes. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-7E3F7E136D. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/7e3f7e136d