This vintage book contains a fantastic collection of some of the finest lyrical poems ever written in classical Latin, compiled by J. W. Mackail. John William Mackail OM (1859 - 1945) was a Scottish socialist, poet, literary historian and biographer famous for his work on Virgil. Other notable works by this author include: "Pervigilium Veneris" (1911), "Lectures on Poetry" (1914), and "Russia's Gift to the World" (1915). Contents include: "De Amore", "De Termino Amoris", "De Conubio", "De Religione", "De Republica", "De Providentia", "De Vita Rustica", "De Peregrinatone", "De Iocis", "De Desiderio", "De Itineribus", "De Vita Dirigenda", "De Mortalitate", "De Sorte Humana", "Anonymi", "Boethii", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of poetry.