All 7 Uses of
repent
in
The Aeneid
- If yet he lives, and draws this vital air, Nor we, his friends, of safety shall despair; Nor you, great queen, these offices repent, Which he will equal, and perhaps augment.†
Book 1 *
- The coast, so long desir'd (nor doubt th' event), Thy troops shall reach, but, having reach'd, repent.†
Book 6
- With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live; Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the light of heav'n, and breathe the vital air: But fate forbids; the Stygian floods oppose, And with circling streams the captive souls inclose.†
Book 6
- In vain he thus attempts her mind to move With tears, and pray'rs, and late-repenting love.†
Book 6
- The conscious wretch must all his acts reveal, (Loth to confess, unable to conceal), From the first moment of his vital breath, To his last hour of unrepenting death.†
Book 6
- Then ev'n the city troops, and Latians, tir'd With tedious war, seem with new souls inspir'd: Their champion's fate with pity they lament, And of the league, so lately sworn, repent.†
Book 12
- This day the Latian tow'rs, that mate the sky, Shall level with the plain in ashes lie: The people shall be slaves, unless in time They kneel for pardon, and repent their crime.†
Book 12
Definition:
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(repent) to feel regret for having done wrong and to firmly decide to be a better person in the future