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Quotation from Eclogues and Georgics by Virgil

“Now the last age by Cumae's Sibyl sung Has come and gone”

Virgil (spoken by The poet)

Eclogues and Georgics, Eclogue IV, trans. James Rhoades

The opening of the prophecy of a child and a renewed golden age, later read by Christians as a foretelling of Christ.

Citation: "Now the last age by Cumae's Sibyl sung Has come and gone" — Virgil, Eclogues and Georgics, Eclogue IV, trans. James Rhoades. (id virgil-eclogues-and-georgics-q1)

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