In his fourth eclogue, the way Virgil treats the linear motion, or flow, of time further suggests the inevitabilityof the predicted Golden Age.
In particular, the shifts between present and future tenses of verbs create this impression. The birth of the Child under Virgo is announced in present tense:
“iam noua progenies caelo demittitur alto”.
The effects of the new age are foretold in the future tense: “occident et serpens,” and “omnis feret omnia tellus”. However, the Golden Age is not merely in the future: “Ultima Cumaei venit iam carminis aetas”. The prophetic poem leaves no question about the approach of the new age; there are no pre-requisite conditions.
The age is both here now and will inevitably continue to fully materialize in the future.
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