Brewer's: Maro

Virgil, whose name was Publius Virgilius Maro, was born on the banks of the river Mincio, at the village of Andes, near Mantua. (B.C. 70-19.)

Sweet Maro's muse, sunk in inglorious rest, Had silent slept amid the Minclan reeds.

Thomson: Castle of Indolence

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