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   1    1, 1   |          the man I sing, who, forc’d by fate,~
   2    1, 3   |                             Expell’d and exil’d, left the Trojan
   3    1, 3   |                  Expell’d and exil’d, left the Trojan shore.~
   4    1, 6   |        realm, and built the destin’d town;~
   5    1, 7   |                         His banish’d gods restor’d to rites divine,~
   6    1, 7   |           His banish’d gods restor’d to rites divine,~
   7    1, 12  |            What goddess was provok’d, and whence her hate;~
   8    1, 15  |                             Involv’d his anxious life in endless
   9    1, 16  |                              Expos’d to wants, and hurried into
  10    1, 23  |           Carthage the name; belov’d by Juno more~
  11    1, 26  |            awful empire she design’d.~
  12    1, 31  |                    Nor thus confin’d, the yoke of sov’reign sway~
  13    1, 33  |                         She ponder’d this, and fear’d it was
  14    1, 33  |            ponder’d this, and fear’d it was in fate;~
  15    1, 34  |       could forget the war she wag’d of late~
  16    1, 38  |          her heart the doom remain’d~
  17    1, 39  |        Paris, and her form disdain’d;~
  18    1, 40  |                   The grace bestow’d on ravish’d Ganymed,~
  19    1, 40  |           grace bestow’d on ravish’d Ganymed,~
  20    1, 41  |           s glories, and her injur’d bed.~
  21    1, 42  |        cause alone; and all combin’d~
  22    1, 47  |                          Were toss’d by storms, and scatter’d
  23    1, 47  |           d by storms, and scatter’d thro’ the main.~
  24    1, 48  |            time, such toil, requir’d the Roman name,~
  25    1, 56  |                 Then am I vanquish’d? must I yield?” said she,~
  26    1, 63  |       bolts of Jove himself presum’d to throw:~
  27    1, 64  |   whirlwinds from beneath she toss’d the ship,~
  28    1, 65  |                     And bare expos’d the bosom of the deep;~
  29    1, 68  |                  She strongly seiz’d, and with a burning wound~
  30    1, 69  |                           Transfix’d, and naked, on a rock she
  31    1, 73  |           the thin remains of ruin’d Troy!~
  32    1, 76  |                           Thus rag’d the goddess; and, with fury
  33    1, 91  |                             Confin’d their fury to those dark
  34    1, 92  |                           And lock’d ’em safe within, oppress’
  35    1, 92  |            em safe within, oppress’d with mountain loads;~
  36    1, 93  |                              Impos’d a king, with arbitrary sway,~
  37    1, 95  |          queen her pray’rs address’d,~
  38    1, 96  |          tenor of her suit express’d:~
  39    1, 101 |           wand’ring slaves, abhorr’d by me,~
  40    1, 104 |             And for their vanquish’d gods design new temples
  41    1, 120 |                  He said, and hurl’d against the mountain side~
  42    1, 126 |            East, and West with mix’d confusion roar,~
  43    1, 130 |            heav’n itself is ravish’d from their eyes.~
  44    1, 144 |            heroes, whose dismember’d hands yet bear~
  45    1, 157 |                          They call’d them Altars, when they rose
  46    1, 158 |                           And show’d their spacious backs above
  47    1, 160 |                               Dash’d on the shallows of the moving
  48    1, 161 |           mid ocean left them moor’d aland.~
  49    1, 166 |                  Was headlong hurl’d; thrice round the ship was
  50    1, 166 |            round the ship was toss’d,~
  51    1, 167 |                          Then bulg’d at once, and in the deep
  52    1, 171 |                           And suck’d thro’ loosen’d planks the
  53    1, 171 |            And suck’d thro’ loosen’d planks the rushing sea.~
  54    1, 174 |                              Endur’d not less; their ships, with
  55    1, 178 |                           Displeas’d, and fearing for his wat’
  56    1, 179 |                            He rear’d his awful head above the
  57    1, 180 |       Serene in majesty; then roll’d his eyes~
  58    1, 182 |           the Trojan fleet dispers’d, distress’d,~
  59    1, 182 |          fleet dispers’d, distress’d,~
  60    1, 183 |          and wintry heav’n oppress’d.~
  61    1, 186 |                          He summon’d Eurus and the western blast,~
  62    1, 188 |                    Then thus rebuk’d: “Audacious winds! from
  63    1, 191 |                         Unauthoriz’d by my supreme command?~
  64    1, 199 |           hollow caverns is confin’d:~
  65    1, 203 |          while he spoke, he smooth’d the sea,~
  66    1, 204 |                            Dispell’d the darkness, and restor’
  67    1, 204 |           the darkness, and restor’d the day.~
  68    1, 224 |          chariot, and, with loosen’d reins,~
  69    1, 226 |          Trojans ply their shatter’d oars~
  70    1, 235 |                     A grot is form’d beneath, with mossy seats,~
  71    1, 242 |          remainders of the scatter’d fleet.~
  72    1, 244 |          land, and seek their wish’d repose.~
  73    1, 247 |          succeeds; a bed of wither’d leaves~
  74    1, 265 |                         Achates us’d to bear: the leaders first~
  75    1, 266 |          and then the vulgar pierc’d;~
  76    1, 267 |                           Nor ceas’d his arrows, till the shady
  77    1, 270 |             And to the port return’d, triumphant from the war.~
  78    1, 273 |           and for the feast prepar’d,~
  79    1, 274 |     portions with the ven’son shar’d.~
  80    1, 276 |          With cheerful words allay’d the common grief:~
  81    1, 286 |            and the realms foredoom’d by Jove.~
  82    1, 287 |                               Call’d to the seat (the promise
  83    1, 292 |         His outward smiles conceal’d his inward smart.~
  84    1, 298 |                            Stretch’d on the grassy turf, at ease
  85    1, 300 |           Their hunger thus appeas’d, their care attends~
  86    1, 310 |            on Libyan realms he fix’d his eyes—~
  87    1, 318 |           Or what, alas! is vanish’d Troy’s offense?~
  88    1, 320 |           by various tempests toss’d,~
  89    1, 321 |         from ev’ry shore, and barr’d from ev’ry coast.~
  90    1, 322 |                         You promis’d once, a progeny divine~
  91    1, 326 |            How is your doom revers’d, which eas’d my care~
  92    1, 326 |           doom revers’d, which eas’d my care~
  93    1, 327 |                 When Troy was ruin’d in that cruel war?~
  94    1, 338 |                          There fix’d their arms, and there renew’
  95    1, 338 |        their arms, and there renew’d their name,~
  96    1, 339 |          in quiet rules, and crown’d with fame.~
  97    1, 342 |                         Are banish’d earth; and, for the wrath
  98    1, 343 |                              Remov’d from Latium and the promis’
  99    1, 343 |         from Latium and the promis’d throne.~
 100    1, 351 |         The fates of thine are fix’d, and stand entire.~
 101    1, 352 |         Thou shalt behold thy wish’d Lavinian walls;~
 102    1, 355 |            No councils have revers’d my firm decree.~
 103    1, 357 |                Know, I have search’d the mystic rolls of Fate:~
 104    1, 364 |            This is his time prefix’d. Ascanius then,~
 105    1, 365 |                           Now call’d Iulus, shall begin his reign.~
 106    1, 369 |           succession shall be fill’d~
 107    1, 382 |                     At length aton’d, her friendly pow’r shall
 108    1, 389 |            the people that conspir’d her fall.~
 109    1, 397 |            the stern age be soften’d into peace:~
 110    1, 398 |                        Then banish’d Faith shall once again return,~
 111    1, 399 |         And Vestal fires in hallow’d temples burn;~
 112    1, 405 |                           Imprison’d Fury, bound in brazen chains;~
 113    1, 406 |              High on a trophy rais’d, of useless arms,~
 114    1, 417 |           And, as the fates requir’d, they give the peace:~
 115    1, 421 |                          Care seiz’d his soul, and sleep forsook
 116    1, 422 |           But, when the sun restor’d the cheerful day,~
 117    1, 425 |                            It look’d a wild uncultivated shore;~
 118    1, 427 |                            Possess’d the new-found region, was
 119    1, 431 |                                Arm’d with two pointed darts,
 120    1, 436 |            a maid, her air confess’d a queen.~
 121    1, 438 |           was her hair, and wanton’d in the wind;~
 122    1, 439 |                   Her hand sustain’d a bow; her quiver hung behind.~
 123    1, 440 |                           She seem’d a virgin of the Spartan
 124    1, 442 |     Thracian courser and outstripp’d the rapid flood.~
 125    1, 444 |         sisters, like myself array’d,~
 126    1, 445 |                          Who cross’d the lawn, or in the forest
 127    1, 445 |             or in the forest stray’d?~
 128    1, 457 |    stranger, long in tempests toss’d,~
 129    1, 460 |                          And offer’d victims at your altars fall.”~
 130    1, 474 |                            Possess’d fair Dido’s bed; and either
 131    1, 477 |            the Tyrian scepter sway’d:~
 132    1, 478 |                    One who contemn’d divine and human laws.~
 133    1, 483 |          And long from her conceal’d the cruel deed.~
 134    1, 484 |            pretense, he daily coin’d,~
 135    1, 495 |                           Admonish’d thus, and seiz’d with mortal
 136    1, 495 |          Admonish’d thus, and seiz’d with mortal fright,~
 137    1, 499 |            fleet, which ready rigg’d they find;~
 138    1, 504 |          their fatal course dispos’d by Heav’n;~
 139    1, 507 |          ground, which (Byrsa call’d,~
 140    1, 508 |            hide) they first inclos’d, and wall’d.~
 141    1, 508 |           first inclos’d, and wall’d.~
 142    1, 517 |      ancient Troy, by force expell’d, we came—~
 143    1, 519 |           by various tempests toss’d,~
 144    1, 521 |          The good AEneas am I call’d—a name,~
 145    1, 522 |                While Fortune favor’d, not unknown to fame.~
 146    1, 527 |        With twice ten sail I cross’d the Phrygian sea;~
 147    1, 530 |                From storms preserv’d, within your harbor meet.~
 148    1, 531 |                    Myself distress’d, an exile, and unknown,~
 149    1, 532 |                             Debarr’d from Europe, and from Asia
 150    1, 536 |        Whoe’er you are—not unbelov’d by Heav’n,~
 151    1, 541 |                       Your scatter’d fleet is join’d upon the
 152    1, 541 |            scatter’d fleet is join’d upon the shore;~
 153    1, 542 |                The winds are chang’d, your friends from danger
 154    1, 556 |         Thus having said, she turn’d, and made appear~
 155    1, 557 |            refulgent, and dishevel’d hair,~
 156    1, 558 |          from her shoulders, reach’d the ground.~
 157    1, 565 |                          In borrow’d shapes, and his embrace
 158    1, 569 |        path, and her commands obey’d.~
 159    1, 574 |                  This part perform’d, the goddess flies sublime~
 160    1, 577 |                With vows are offer’d, and with solemn pray’r:~
 161    1, 591 |                Which, first design’d, with ditches they surround.~
 162    1, 611 |              AEneas said, and view’d, with lifted eyes,~
 163    1, 613 |                            Conceal’d in clouds (prodigious to
 164    1, 614 |                             He mix’d, unmark’d, among the busy
 165    1, 614 |                   He mix’d, unmark’d, among the busy throng,~
 166    1, 615 |        Borne by the tide, and pass’d unseen along.~
 167    1, 626 |                             Enrich’d with gifts, and with a golden
 168    1, 630 |        with brazen cov’rings crown’d;~
 169    1, 633 |                              Reviv’d his courage, and his fear
 170    1, 633 |       courage, and his fear expell’d.~
 171    1, 634 |           there the queen, he rais’d~
 172    1, 635 |           and round the temple gaz’d,~
 173    1, 636 |                              Admir’d the fortune of the rising
 174    1, 644 |                           He stopp’d, and weeping said: “O friend!
 175    1, 651 |         what he saw so well design’d,~
 176    1, 658 |           their white sails betray’d to nightly view;~
 177    1, 660 |            sentries slew, nor spar’d their slumb’ring lord,~
 178    1, 665 |         Then, where the boy disarm’d, with loosen’d reins,~
 179    1, 665 |          boy disarm’d, with loosen’d reins,~
 180    1, 667 |           neck and hair, and dragg’d around:~
 181    1, 669 |            tracks of blood inscrib’d the dusty ground.~
 182    1, 670 |          the Trojan dames, oppress’d with woe,~
 183    1, 674 |                 And rich embroider’d vests for presents bear;~
 184    1, 675 |         stern goddess stands unmov’d with pray’r.~
 185    1, 680 |        object, and so well express’d,~
 186    1, 681 |          and groans from the griev’d hero’s breast,~
 187    1, 685 |                                Mix’d in the bloody battle on
 188    1, 696 |                                Fix’d on the walls with wonder
 189    1, 711 |       mounts the throne, high plac’d before the shrine:~
 190    1, 721 |        tempest on the billows toss’d,~
 191    1, 722 |                 And widely scatter’d on another coast.~
 192    1, 723 |            prince, unseen, surpris’d with wonder stands,~
 193    1, 725 |          But, doubtful of the wish’d event, he stays,~
 194    1, 730 |        these were sent, commission’d by the rest,~
 195    1, 733 |         ring, with cries they fill’d the holy fane;~
 196    1, 735 |                    O queen! indulg’d by favor of the gods~
 197    1, 739 |          We wretched Trojans, toss’d on ev’ry shore,~
 198    1, 747 |                       The vanquish’d dare not to such thoughts
 199    1, 748 |        land there is, Hesperia nam’d of old;~
 200    1, 751 |                           Now call’d Italia, from the leader’
 201    1, 754 |                            Disturb’d our course, and, far from
 202    1, 757 |                            Dispers’d and dash’d the rest upon
 203    1, 757 |                 Dispers’d and dash’d the rest upon the rocky
 204    1, 758 |            Those few you see escap’d the storm, and fear,~
 205    1, 779 |                         Our destin’d course, and Italy pursue.~
 206    1, 781 |              That thou art swallow’d in the Libyan main,~
 207    1, 789 |                             Ponder’d the speech; then briefly
 208    1, 801 |           Your men shall be receiv’d, your fleet repair’d,~
 209    1, 801 |        receiv’d, your fleet repair’d,~
 210    1, 811 |                       Of so renown’d and so desir’d a guest.”~
 211    1, 811 |           so renown’d and so desir’d a guest.”~
 212    1, 812 |                               Rais’d in his mind the Trojan hero
 213    1, 813 |                           And long’d to break from out his ambient
 214    1, 814 |     Achates found it, and thus urg’d his way:~
 215    1, 819 |      Oppose the storm, and swallow’d in the main.~
 216    1, 823 |            flew upward and dissolv’d in day.~
 217    1, 824 |            The Trojan chief appear’d in open sight,~
 218    1, 827 |                           Had form’d his curling locks, and made
 219    1, 829 |                         And breath’d a youthful vigor on his
 220    1, 830 |                        Like polish’d iv’ry, beauteous to behold,~
 221    1, 831 |         Parian marble, when enchas’d in gold:~
 222    1, 834 |        seek am I; by tempests toss’d,~
 223    1, 835 |                            And sav’d from shipwreck on your Libyan
 224    1, 841 |         save the relics of abandon’d Troy;~
 225    1, 842 |              Receive the shipwreck’d on your friendly shore,~
 226    1, 847 |                       Who, scatter’d thro’ the world, in exile
 227    1, 848 |        gods to goodness are inclin’d;~
 228    1, 858 |        abode my fortune has assign’d,~
 229    1, 860 |          Thus having said, he turn’d with pious haste,~
 230    1, 861 |           expecting friends embrac’d:~
 231    1, 862 |       right hand Ilioneus was grac’d,~
 232    1, 864 |           and the noble Gyas press’d;~
 233    1, 866 |         The Tyrian queen stood fix’d upon his face,~
 234    1, 867 |                              Pleas’d with his motions, ravish’
 235    1, 867 |           with his motions, ravish’d with his grace;~
 236    1, 868 |                              Admir’d his fortunes, more admir’
 237    1, 868 |           his fortunes, more admir’d the man;~
 238    1, 871 |            Have cast you shipwrack’d on our barren shores?~
 239    1, 875 |                             To fam’d Anchises on th’ Idaean shore?~
 240    1, 877 |            came, from Salamis exil’d,~
 241    1, 878 |         father’s aid, to be restor’d:~
 242    1, 881 |            And, conqu’ring, finish’d the successful war.~
 243    1, 884 |     himself the Dardan valor prais’d,~
 244    1, 885 |         ancestry from Trojans rais’d.~
 245    1, 888 |            you, have been distress’d,~
 246    1, 893 |                         Then offer’d incense, and proclaim’d
 247    1, 893 |            d incense, and proclaim’d a feast.~
 248    1, 904 |          vases, all of gold emboss’d~
 249    1, 911 |                           Dispatch’d Achates to the ships in
 250    1, 914 |                             Snatch’d from the ruins of unhappy
 251    1, 917 |              From Argos by the fam’d adultress brought,~
 252    1, 933 |                  For much she fear’d the Tyrians, double-tongued,~
 253    1, 934 |         town to Juno’s care belong’d.~
 254    1, 936 |                     And thus alarm’d, to winged Love she spoke:~
 255    1, 943 |          And often hast thou mourn’d with me his pains.~
 256    1, 950 |            How this may be perform’d, now take my mind:~
 257    1, 951 |            by his father is design’d~
 258    1, 955 |                        And, ravish’d, in Idalian bow’rs to keep,~
 259    1, 971 |                               Lull’d in her lap, amidst a train
 260    1, 975 |               Cupid meantime assum’d his form and face,~
 261    1, 981 |      canisters with bread are heap’d on high;~
 262    1, 983 |                   And, having wash’d, with silken towels dry.~
 263    1, 992 |                     His rosy-color’d cheeks, his radiant eyes,~
 264    1, 994 |                   Nor pass unprais’d the vest and veil divine,~
 265    1, 997 |                       Already doom’d to love’s disastrous flame,)~
 266    1, 1003|        greedy pleasure, and devour’d his charms.~
 267    1, 1009|          to the living love resign’d;~
 268    1, 1011|          rage of hunger was appeas’d,~
 269    1, 1012|                     The meat remov’d, and ev’ry guest was pleas’
 270    1, 1012|          and ev’ry guest was pleas’d,~
 271    1, 1013|           sparkling wine are crown’d,~
 272    1, 1018|        queen commanded to be crown’d with wine:~
 273    1, 1019|             The bowl that Belus us’d, and all the Tyrian line.~
 274    1, 1020|            thro’ the hall proclaim’d, she spoke:~
 275    1, 1030|            took, with nectar crown’d~
 276    1, 1032|                           And rais’d it to her mouth with sober
 277    1, 1033|               Then, sipping, offer’d to the next in place.~
 278    1, 1034|           was Bitias whom she call’d, a thirsty soul;~
 279    1, 1035|          the challenge, and embrac’d the bowl,~
 280    1, 1036|                With pleasure swill’d the gold, nor ceas’d to
 281    1, 1036|         swill’d the gold, nor ceas’d to draw,~
 282    1, 1044|                            And fix’d and erring stars dispose
 283    1, 1048|               Those peals are echo’d by the Trojan throng.~
 284    1, 1049|            queen with talk prolong’d the night,~
 285    1, 1051|               Of Priam much enquir’d, of Hector more;~
 286    1, 1052|                           Then ask’d what arms the swarthy Memnon
 287    1, 1056|           and her ill stars requir’d,~
 288    1, 1057|            series of the war desir’d.~
 289    1, 1059|        stratagems, the town betray’d:~
 290    1, 1063|        Your men have been distress’d, your navy toss’d,~
 291    1, 1063|         distress’d, your navy toss’d,~
 292    1, 1064|         sun has either tropic view’d,~
 293    1, 1065|                  The winter banish’d, and the spring renew’d.”~
 294    1, 1065|            d, and the spring renew’d.”~
 295    2, Arg |         horse. He declares the fix’d resolution he had taken
 296    2, Arg |           having been before advis’d by Hector’s ghost, and now
 297    2, Arg |        mother Venus, he is prevail’d upon to leave the town,
 298    2, Arg |          the land which was design’d for him.~
 299    2, 17  |                 By destiny compell’d, and in despair,~
 300    2, 19  |        Minerva’s aid a fabric rear’d,~
 301    2, 20  |            monstrous height appear’d:~
 302    2, 21  |               The sides were plank’d with pine; they feign’d
 303    2, 21  |            d with pine; they feign’d it made~
 304    2, 29  |                             Renown’d for wealth; but, since,
 305    2, 30  |                  Where ships expos’d to wind and weather lay.~
 306    2, 31  |            was their fleet conceal’d. We thought, for Greece~
 307    2, 33  |                  The Trojans, coop’d within their walls so long,~
 308    2, 37  |           sev’ral chiefs they show’d;~
 309    2, 39  |                          Here join’d the battles; there the navy
 310    2, 41  |            The pile by Pallas rais’d to ruin Troy.~
 311    2, 42  |            is doubtful whether hir’d,~
 312    2, 43  |          the Trojan destiny requir’d)~
 313    2, 44  |                                Mov’d that the ramparts might
 314    2, 52  |                    Laocoon, follow’d by a num’rous crowd,~
 315    2, 55  |           than madness has possess’d your brains?~
 316    2, 60  |            Or ’t is an engine rais’d above the town,~
 317    2, 62  |            Somewhat is sure design’d, by fraud or force:~
 318    2, 66  |                              Pierc’d thro’ the yielding planks
 319    2, 68  |              The sides, transpierc’d, return a rattling sound,~
 320    2, 69  |            groans of Greeks inclos’d come issuing thro’ the wound.~
 321    2, 70  |            the fall of Troy design’d,~
 322    2, 73  |          Then had our lances pierc’d the treach’rous wood,~
 323    2, 79  |                                Fix’d on his aim, and obstinately
 324    2, 83  |         Greeks their wiles disguis’d;~
 325    2, 84  |            nation in a man compris’d.~
 326    2, 85  |         the miscreant stood, unarm’d and bound;~
 327    2, 86  |                            He star’d, and roll’d his haggard
 328    2, 86  |                He star’d, and roll’d his haggard eyes around,~
 329    2, 90  |                              Scorn’d by my foes, abandon’d by
 330    2, 90  |        Scorn’d by my foes, abandon’d by my friends?’~
 331    2, 91  |                  He said, and sigh’d, and cast a rueful eye:~
 332    2, 97  |         His fear at length dismiss’d, he said: ’Whate’er~
 333    2, 101 |                         Tho’ plung’d by Fortune’s pow’r in misery,~
 334    2, 105 |                         Who suffer’d from the malice of the times,~
 335    2, 106 |                              Accus’d and sentenc’d for pretended
 336    2, 106 |                Accus’d and sentenc’d for pretended crimes,~
 337    2, 112 |                While Fortune favor’d, while his arms support~
 338    2, 113 |                 The cause, and rul’d the counsels, of the court,~
 339    2, 118 |                           And forg’d a treason in my patron’s
 340    2, 119 |           of things too far divulg’d by fame),~
 341    2, 121 |                   In private mourn’d his loss, and left the court.~
 342    2, 123 |      silent grief, but loudly blam’d the state,~
 343    2, 124 |                           And curs’d the direful author of my
 344    2, 126 |                         I threaten’d, if indulgent Heav’n once
 345    2, 129 |                           This mov’d the murderer’s hate; and
 346    2, 133 |       crimes invented; left unturn’d no stone,~
 347    2, 143 |                 This fair unfinish’d tale, these broken starts,~
 348    2, 144 |                               Rais’d expectations in our longing
 349    2, 146 |         trembling once again renew’d,~
 350    2, 148 |         Long had the Grecians (tir’d with fruitless care,~
 351    2, 150 |                             Resolv’d to raise the siege, and
 352    2, 153 |            passage home, and chang’d their minds.~
 353    2, 154 |         prodigies their souls amaz’d;~
 354    2, 155 |           stupendous pile was rais’d:~
 355    2, 158 |                             Dismay’d, and fearful of some dire
 356    2, 166 |                           All fear’d, and each believ’d himself
 357    2, 166 |            fear’d, and each believ’d himself the man.~
 358    2, 168 |                               Call’d Calchas, and produc’d in
 359    2, 168 |         Call’d Calchas, and produc’d in open sight:~
 360    2, 169 |            name the wretch, ordain’d by fate~
 361    2, 171 |                Already some presag’d the dire event,~
 362    2, 175 |                          Till, tir’d, with endless clamors and
 363    2, 177 |            it was agreed, pronounc’d that I~
 364    2, 178 |                         Was destin’d by the wrathful gods to
 365    2, 179 |                          All prais’d the sentence, pleas’d the
 366    2, 179 |        prais’d the sentence, pleas’d the storm should fall~
 367    2, 180 |         alone, whose fury threaten’d all.~
 368    2, 182 |                       Their leaven’d cakes, and fillets for my
 369    2, 183 |                           I follow’d nature’s laws, and must
 370    2, 186 |           of safety when they sail’d away.~
 371    2, 196 |          Ye Trojans, from an injur’d wretch avert.’~
 372    2, 202 |            religious end, you rais’d the pile?’~
 373    2, 207 |            Inviolable pow’rs, ador’d with dread!~
 374    2, 210 |                Be all of you adjur’d; and grant I may,~
 375    2, 223 |               Polluted, and profan’d her holy bands;~
 376    2, 225 |                            And ebb’d much faster than it flow’
 377    2, 225 |           much faster than it flow’d before:~
 378    2, 226 |             Their courage languish’d, as their hopes decay’d;~
 379    2, 226 |            d, as their hopes decay’d;~
 380    2, 227 |          Pallas, now averse, refus’d her aid.~
 381    2, 229 |                          Her alter’d mind and alienated care.~
 382    2, 230 |        first her fatal image touch’d the ground,~
 383    2, 232 |         That sparkled as they roll’d, and seem’d to threat:~
 384    2, 232 |           as they roll’d, and seem’d to threat:~
 385    2, 233 |         Her heav’nly limbs distill’d a briny sweat.~
 386    2, 234 |           from the ground she leap’d, was seen to wield~
 387    2, 235 |                       Her brandish’d lance, and shake her horrid
 388    2, 238 |               Till first they sail’d for Greece; with pray’rs
 389    2, 239 |                          Her injur’d pow’r, and better omens
 390    2, 242 |                  With Pallas pleas’d; as Calchas did ordain.~
 391    2, 243 |           to reconcile the blue-ey’d maid~
 392    2, 244 |        statue and her tow’r betray’d,~
 393    2, 245 |                               Warn’d by the seer, to her offended
 394    2, 246 |                            We rais’d and dedicate this wondrous
 395    2, 259 |          With such deceits he gain’d their easy hearts,~
 396    2, 268 |          solemn pomp then sacrific’d a steer;~
 397    2, 270 |                 Two serpents, rank’d abreast, the seas divide,~
 398    2, 277 |           bloody streaks were fill’d;~
 399    2, 278 |       nimble tongues they brandish’d as they came,~
 400    2, 279 |                           And lick’d their hissing jaws, that
 401    2, 279 |         hissing jaws, that sputter’d flame.~
 402    2, 280 |                       We fled amaz’d; their destin’d way they
 403    2, 280 |          fled amaz’d; their destin’d way they take,~
 404    2, 283 |            Then with their sharpen’d fangs their limbs and bodies
 405    2, 286 |         their winding volumes roll’d;~
 406    2, 288 |            priest thus doubly chok’d, their crests divide,~
 407    2, 296 |                Their tasks perform’d, the serpents quit their
 408    2, 298 |                              Couch’d at her feet, they lie protected
 409    2, 301 |      Proclaims Laocoon justly doom’d to die,~
 410    2, 305 |                  And incense offer’d to th’ offended maid.~
 411    2, 312 |           Boys with chaplets crown’d,~
 412    2, 314 |                          Thus rais’d aloft, and then descending
 413    2, 323 |          Cassandra cried, and curs’d th’ unhappy hour;~
 414    2, 325 |         All heard, and none believ’d the prophecy.~
 415    2, 327 |            jollity, the day ordain’d to be the last.~
 416    2, 328 |    Meantime the rapid heav’ns roll’d down the light,~
 417    2, 329 |           on the shaded ocean rush’d the night;~
 418    2, 331 |          their weary limbs compell’d.~
 419    2, 332 |            The Grecians had embark’d their naval pow’rs~
 420    2, 336 |                  When Sinon, favor’d by the partial gods,~
 421    2, 337 |                             Unlock’d the horse, and op’d his
 422    2, 337 |         Unlock’d the horse, and op’d his dark abodes;~
 423    2, 338 |                             Restor’d to vital air our hidden
 424    2, 344 |                          Nor injur’d Menelaus, nor the fam’d~
 425    2, 344 |            d Menelaus, nor the fam’d~
 426    2, 345 |          who the fatal engine fram’d.~
 427    2, 347 |           invade the town, oppress’d with sleep and wine.~
 428    2, 353 |            A bloody shroud he seem’d, and bath’d in tears;~
 429    2, 353 |         shroud he seem’d, and bath’d in tears;~
 430    2, 355 |          Thessalian coursers dragg’d him o’er the plain.~
 431    2, 357 |                      Thro’ the bor’d holes; his body black with
 432    2, 358 |      Unlike that Hector who return’d from toils~
 433    2, 361 |                         And launch’d against their navy Phrygian
 434    2, 362 |            and beard stood stiffen’d with his gore;~
 435    2, 364 |                         Now stream’d afresh, and with new purple
 436    2, 370 |            Art thou so late return’d for our defense?~
 437    2, 374 |                    Art thou restor’d to thy declining town?~
 438    2, 378 |                         But answer’d to the cause for which he
 439    2, 380 |       these mournful words express’d:~
 440    2, 383 |          foes already have possess’d the wall;~
 441    2, 400 |            from streets, encompass’d with a wood.~
 442    2, 412 |            trees, an undistinguish’d prey:~
 443    2, 415 |         faith was manifestly clear’d,~
 444    2, 416 |        frauds in open light appear’d.~
 445    2, 422 |          The sound of trumpets mix’d with fighting cries.~
 446    2, 423 |                   With frenzy seiz’d, I run to meet th’ alarms,~
 447    2, 424 |                             Resolv’d on death, resolv’d to die
 448    2, 424 |          Resolv’d on death, resolv’d to die in arms,~
 449    2, 426 |                   If fortune favor’d) and repel the foes;~
 450    2, 427 |                              Spurr’d by my courage, by my country
 451    2, 427 |         courage, by my country fir’d,~
 452    2, 428 |           honor and revenge inspir’d.~
 453    2, 430 |                           Had scap’d the Grecian swords, and
 454    2, 430 |           Grecian swords, and pass’d the flame:~
 455    2, 458 |               For valor one renown’d, and one for age.~
 456    2, 464 |                           Forewarn’d in vain by the prophetic
 457    2, 465 |             Whom when I saw resolv’d in arms to fall,~
 458    2, 474 |        save a sinking town, involv’d in fire.~
 459    2, 477 |          So bold a speech incourag’d their desire~
 460    2, 481 |          at home expect the promis’d food,~
 461    2, 483 |                            So rush’d we forth at once; resolv’
 462    2, 483 |           we forth at once; resolv’d to die,~
 463    2, 484 |                             Resolv’d, in death, the last extremes
 464    2, 491 |               The streets are fill’d with frequent funerals;~
 465    2, 495 |                       The vanquish’d triumph, and the victors
 466    2, 497 |                             Confus’d the fortune is, confus’d
 467    2, 497 |           d the fortune is, confus’d the fight.~
 468    2, 508 |                               Amaz’d, he would have shunn’d th’
 469    2, 508 |        Amaz’d, he would have shunn’d th’ unequal fight;~
 470    2, 511 |          with unwary footing press’d a snake;~
 471    2, 512 |          He starts aside, astonish’d, when he spies~
 472    2, 514 |           So from our arms surpris’d Androgeos flies.~
 473    2, 515 |         for him and his we compass’d round,~
 474    2, 516 |                            Possess’d with fear, unknowing of
 475    2, 518 |            our first endeavor smil’d.~
 476    2, 519 |         with youthful hopes beguil’d,~
 477    2, 521 |           invention fatally design’d.~
 478    2, 524 |          these Grecian arms bestow’d,~
 479    2, 528 |        This said, himself he dress’d~
 480    2, 533 |                                Mix’d with the Greeks, we go with
 481    2, 534 |                            Flatter’d with hopes to glut our greedy
 482    2, 539 |                  And some, oppress’d with more ignoble fear,~
 483    2, 544 |                   Cassandra, dragg’d by her dishevel’d hair,~
 484    2, 544 |            dragg’d by her dishevel’d hair,~
 485    2, 547 |            cast her eyes, she sigh’d, she cried- ~
 486    2, 550 |                           But, fir’d with rage, distracted with
 487    2, 554 |            down, and on our batter’d helms alight:~
 488    2, 555 |            from our friends receiv’d this fatal blow,~
 489    2, 556 |            us Grecians, as we seem’d in show.~
 490    2, 559 |                          Then, mov’d with anger and disdain,
 491    2, 560 |               Their troops dispers’d, the royal virgin free,~
 492    2, 570 |                           And, mix’d with ooze and sand, pollute
 493    2, 571 |             The troops we squander’d first again appear~
 494    2, 574 |            rent speech; our borrow’d arms survey.~
 495    2, 575 |                            Oppress’d with odds, we fall; Coroebus
 496    2, 576 |           altar, by Peneleus pierc’d.~
 497    2, 577 |                Then Ripheus follow’d, in th’ unequal fight;~
 498    2, 582 |              Of awful Phoebus, sav’d from impious hands.~
 499    2, 584 |                     What I perform’d, and what I suffer’d there;~
 500    2, 584 |       perform’d, and what I suffer’d there;~