# Virgil — Essays character guide

> Virgil in Essays by Henry David Thoreau.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0006-aulus-persius-flaccus

## Who they are

Roman poet; cited as a model of pastoral literature.

## In the story

### [I: Qualities of the Recruit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/essays_2_se/chapters/i-qualities-of-the-recruit)

Quoted at the opening: 'Spes sibi quisque' (Each one his own hope).

### [A Walk to Wachusett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/essays_2_se/chapters/a-walk-to-wachusett)

Mentioned alongside Homer and Humboldt as a poet whose descriptions of hills are echoed by the landscape.

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