Book, Verse

2001    7, 744 |                          And stopp’d his breath, and drank his
2002    7, 747 |         man, while peace he preach’d in vain,~
2003    7, 749 |          flocks, his pastures fill’d;~
2004    7, 750 |          hundred yoke of oxen till’d.~
2005    7, 752 |                      The Fury bath’d them in each other’s blood;~
2006    7, 753 |                   Then, having fix’d the fight, exulting flies,~
2007    7, 754 |                  And bears fulfill’d her promise to the skies.~
2008    7, 764 |                             Of arm’d invasion, and embrace the
2009    7, 766 |           The seeds of discord sow’d, the war begun;~
2010    7, 767 |       fears, and fury have possess’d the state,~
2011    7, 768 |                            And fix’d the causes of a lasting
2012    7, 775 |         her sounding wings display’d,~
2013    7, 791 |                 The clowns, return’d, from battle bear the slain,~
2014    7, 798 |          promise made, and disavow’d;~
2015    7, 799 |           son is sought, and a mix’d mungril brood.~
2016    7, 802 |           his dances with dishevel’d hair,~
2017    7, 809 |             But, like a rock unmov’d, a rock that braves~
2018    7, 811 |                              Propp’d on himself he stands; his
2019    7, 813 |            the pious prince, unmov’d, and long~
2020    7, 814 |                            Sustain’d the madness of the noisy
2021    7, 815 |          that Juno’s pow’r prevail’d,~
2022    7, 816 |       methods of cool counsel fail’d,~
2023    7, 829 |           but, in his walls confin’d,~
2024    7, 830 |            which he too well divin’d;~
2025    7, 833 |           solemn custom was observ’d of old,~
2026    7, 841 |              And still are worship’d with religious fear)~
2027    7, 843 |                       And the fear’d issues of the furious god,~
2028    7, 844 |                           Are fenc’d with brazen bolts; without
2029    7, 851 |            by sov’reign princes us’d,~
2030    7, 852 |         office; but the king refus’d,~
2031    7, 854 |       peace, or loose th’ imprison’d war;~
2032    7, 856 |                             Abhorr’d the wicked ministry of arms.~
2033    7, 859 |                 The gates are forc’d, and ev’ry falling bar;~
2034    7, 862 |                               Lull’d in their ease, and undisturb’
2035    7, 862 |          their ease, and undisturb’d before,~
2036    7, 881 |           fauchions are new temper’d in the fires;~
2037    7, 889 |           you the chiefs that sway’d th’ Ausonian land,~
2038    7, 892 |               What soldiers follow’d, and what heroes led.~
2039    7, 895 |             Mezentius first appear’d upon the plain:~
2040    7, 908 |            palms and laurels crown’d.~
2041    7, 917 |         Geryon, drove from conquer’d Spain~
2042    7, 921 |     priestess Rhea found, and forc’d to love.~
2043    7, 928 |           his father, homely dress’d,~
2044    7, 933 |                                Arm’d Argive horse they led, and
2045    7, 940 |            in the fire, and foster’d in the plains,~
2046    7, 958 |         heartless train, unexercis’d in arms:~
2047    7, 970 |         these troops an army train’d to war,~
2048    7, 977 |          The Claudian race, ordain’d, in times to come,~
2049    7, 982 |                        That follow’d from Velinum’s dewy land,~
2050    7, 992 |                                Mix’d with the natives born of
2051    7, 1004|       Massic soil, for wine renown’d,~
2052    7, 1009|         And rough Saticulans, inur’d to wants:~
2053    7, 1011|                             Fasten’d with leathern thongs, to
2054    7, 1016|            in Teleboan Capri reign’d;~
2055    7, 1017|            ambitious youth disdain’d,~
2056    7, 1018|          And o’er Campania stretch’d his ample sway,~
2057    7, 1028|            Equicolae his rule obey’d;~
2058    7, 1030|                  In arms they plow’d, to battle still prepar’
2059    7, 1030|             to battle still prepar’d:~
2060    7, 1034|          And peaceful olives crown’d his hoary head.~
2061    7, 1036|                          And venom’d wounds of serpents could
2062    7, 1037|                  He, when he pleas’d with powerful juice to steep~
2063    7, 1042|                  In sighs remurmur’d to the Fucine floods.~
2064    7, 1043|                     The son of fam’d Hippolytus was there,~
2065    7, 1044|                                Fam’d as his sire, and, as his
2066    7, 1046|                           And nurs’d his youth along the marshy
2067    7, 1052|                           She turn’d to furious hate her impious
2068    7, 1056|        Diana, who his death deplor’d,~
2069    7, 1057|  AEsculapian herbs his life restor’d.~
2070    7, 1059|                    The dead inspir’d with vital breath again,~
2071    7, 1064|                           And call’d him Virbius in th’ Egerian
2072    7, 1065|                  Where then he liv’d obscure, but safe from Jove.~
2073    7, 1069|         second Virbius, yet retain’d~
2074    7, 1070|         and warrior steeds he rein’d.~
2075    7, 1073|          of plumes his crest adorn’d,~
2076    7, 1074|      belching flames Chimaera burn’d:~
2077    7, 1077|                       Fair Io grac’d his shield; but Io now~
2078    7, 1082|                               Roll’d from a silver urn his crystal
2079    7, 1096|      spinning, in the loom unskill’d,~
2080    7, 1098|                                Mix’d with the first, the fierce
2081    7, 1099|                            Sustain’d the toils of arms, the danger
2082    7, 1100|                          Outstripp’d the winds in speed upon
2083    7, 1102|            seas, and, as she skimm’d along,~
2084    7, 1103|             Her flying feet unbath’d on billows hung.~
2085    7, 1110|      ringlets of her hair is crown’d,~
2086    8, 5   |                           Had rous’d the neighing steeds to scour
2087    8, 6   |          the fierce riders clatter’d on their shields;~
2088    8, 10  |            Mezentius, who blasphem’d aloud.~
2089    8, 18  |                        With banish’d gods, and with a baffled
2090    8, 19  |                      Yet now aspir’d to conquest of the state,~
2091    8, 20  |                          And claim’d a title from the gods and
2092    8, 23  |                     What he design’d, what mischief might arise,~
2093    8, 24  |                   If fortune favor’d his first enterprise,~
2094    8, 26  |        common interest, was involv’d in theirs.~
2095    8, 31  |     rejects the counsels he design’d;~
2096    8, 35  |               Strike on the polish’d brass their trembling light,~
2097    8, 40  |       night; and weary nature lull’d asleep~
2098    8, 43  |          on Tiber’s banks, oppress’d with grief,~
2099    8, 48  |        wreath of shady reeds adorn’d his head:~
2100    8, 49  |           to sight, the god appear’d,~
2101    8, 50  |    pleasing words his sorrow cheer’d:~
2102    8, 52  |            expected in this promis’d place!~
2103    8, 53  |         foes hast borne thy banish’d gods,~
2104    8, 54  |                             Restor’d them to their hearths, and
2105    8, 69  |     patience next attend. A banish’d band,~
2106    8, 71  |        Have planted here, and plac’d on high their walls;~
2107    8, 73  |                              Deriv’d from Pallas, his great-grandsire’
2108    8, 88  |                             Renown’d on earth, esteem’d among
2109    8, 88  |          Renown’d on earth, esteem’d among the gods.~
2110    8, 91  |                 He said, and plung’d below. While yet he spoke,~
2111    8, 116 |            Juno’s altar are bestow’d.~
2112    8, 118 |            Propitious Tiber smooth’d his wat’ry way:~
2113    8, 119 |                            He roll’d his river back, and pois’
2114    8, 119 |           his river back, and pois’d he stood,~
2115    8, 124 |                      And the pitch’d vessels glide with easy
2116    8, 129 |           The fiery sun had finish’d half his race,~
2117    8, 130 |                               Look’d back, and doubted in the
2118    8, 136 |           The Trojan saw, and turn’d his ships to shore.~
2119    8, 143 |           saw the ships that stemm’d the flood,~
2120    8, 144 |                        And glitter’d thro’ the covert of the
2121    8, 145 |        fear, and left th’ unfinish’d feast,~
2122    8, 146 |           dauntless Pallas reassur’d the rest~
2123    8, 148 |                     A jav’lin seiz’d, and singly took his way;~
2124    8, 149 |                          Then gain’d a rising ground, and call’
2125    8, 149 |            rising ground, and call’d from far:~
2126    8, 155 |                             Expell’d from Troy, provok’d in Italy~
2127    8, 155 |         Expell’d from Troy, provok’d in Italy~
2128    8, 157 |                   At first affianc’d, and at last betray’d.~
2129    8, 157 |      affianc’d, and at last betray’d.~
2130    8, 165 |                             Embrac’d the stranger prince, and
2131    8, 165 |          stranger prince, and join’d his hand.~
2132    8, 188 |                               Rais’d by these hopes, I sent no
2133    8, 189 |                            Nor ask’d your leave, nor did your
2134    8, 193 |                    Our host expell’d, what farther force can
2135    8, 197 |                  Receive our offer’d faith, and give us thine;~
2136    8, 198 |           a gen’rous and experienc’d line:~
2137    8, 202 |                       Evander view’d the man with vast surprise,~
2138    8, 203 |                              Pleas’d with his action, ravish’
2139    8, 203 |            with his action, ravish’d with his face:~
2140    8, 204 |                        Then answer’d briefly, with a royal grace:~
2141    8, 210 |          his sister’s court design’d~
2142    8, 216 |        Priam’s goodly person pleas’d my sight:~
2143    8, 218 |              With awful wonder fir’d my youthful breast.~
2144    8, 219 |                             I long’d to join in friendship’s
2145    8, 223 |           when at length constrain’d to go,~
2146    8, 225 |                   A vest embroider’d, glorious to behold,~
2147    8, 235 |      having said, the bowls (remov’d for fear)~
2148    8, 236 |                  The youths replac’d, and soon restor’d the cheer.~
2149    8, 236 |          replac’d, and soon restor’d the cheer.~
2150    8, 238 |               A maple throne, rais’d higher from the ground,~
2151    8, 239 |                             Receiv’d the Trojan chief; and, o’
2152    8, 241 |               The loaves were serv’d in canisters; the wine~
2153    8, 242 |            bowls; the priest renew’d the rites divine:~
2154    8, 243 |                              Broil’d entrails are their food,
2155    8, 244 |         rage of hunger was repress’d,~
2156    8, 250 |                           But, sav’d from danger, with a grateful
2157    8, 255 |        desart now it stands, expos’d in air!~
2158    8, 256 |        once a robber’s den, inclos’d around~
2159    8, 259 |     impervious to the sun, possess’d.~
2160    8, 263 |              Black clouds he belch’d, and flakes of livid fire.~
2161    8, 264 |           Time, long expected, eas’d us of our load,~
2162    8, 267 |                              Arriv’d in triumph, from Geryon
2163    8, 268 |                         Thrice liv’d the giant, and thrice liv’
2164    8, 268 |          the giant, and thrice liv’d in vain.~
2165    8, 271 |                              Allur’d with hope of plunder, and
2166    8, 273 |            as by chance they stray’d,~
2167    8, 274 |          and four fair kine convey’d;~
2168    8, 276 |                           He dragg’d ’em backwards to his rocky
2169    8, 281 |               The beasts, who miss’d their mates, fill’d all
2170    8, 281 |           miss’d their mates, fill’d all around~
2171    8, 282 |   bellowings, and the rocks restor’d the sound.~
2172    8, 284 |                               Roar’d from the cave, and made
2173    8, 286 |                           And toss’d about his head his knotted
2174    8, 291 |                            Confess’d the god’s approach. Trembling
2175    8, 292 |              As terror had increas’d his feet with wings;~
2176    8, 293 |                           Nor stay’d for stairs; but down the
2177    8, 296 |                     His father hew’d it out, and bound with iron
2178    8, 297 |           links, the mountain clos’d,~
2179    8, 298 |            levers to his foe oppos’d.~
2180    8, 301 |                             Survey’d the mouth of the forbidden
2181    8, 302 |            his raging eyes he roll’d.~
2182    8, 303 |                           He gnash’d his teeth; and thrice he
2183    8, 303 |       teeth; and thrice he compass’d round~
2184    8, 305 |         the cavern’s mouth he pull’d in vain,~
2185    8, 310 |       their nests, and hither wing’d their flight.~
2186    8, 314 |                               Tugg’d at the solid stone with
2187    8, 315 |                          Thus heav’d, the fix’d foundations of
2188    8, 315 |               Thus heav’d, the fix’d foundations of the rock~
2189    8, 316 |              Gave way; heav’n echo’d at the rattling shock.~
2190    8, 317 |                  Tumbling, it chok’d the flood: on either side~
2191    8, 320 |            And trembling Tiber div’d beneath his bed.~
2192    8, 321 |       court of Cacus stands reveal’d to sight;~
2193    8, 330 |                             Inclos’d, and in despair to fly away,~
2194    8, 342 |                          Half sing’d, half stifled, till he grasps
2195    8, 344 |                          He squeez’d his throat; he writh’d his
2196    8, 344 |      squeez’d his throat; he writh’d his neck around,~
2197    8, 347 |                               Roll’d on a heap, the breathless
2198    8, 348 |                  The doors, unbarr’d, receive the rushing day,~
2199    8, 349 |         lights disclose the ravish’d prey.~
2200    8, 350 |                  The bulls, redeem’d, breathe open air again.~
2201    8, 354 |           more, and his extinguish’d eyes.~
2202    8, 357 |              Potitius first ordain’d these annual vows:~
2203    8, 359 |                           Who rais’d this altar in the sacred
2204    8, 365 |         double wreath Evander twin’d,~
2205    8, 372 |          In skins of beasts involv’d, the long procession led;~
2206    8, 374 |             As custom had prescrib’d their holy bands;~
2207    8, 383 |            mighty babe, when swath’d in bands,~
2208    8, 388 |                             Procur’d by Juno’s and Eurystheus’
2209    8, 389 |               Thy hands, unconquer’d hero, could subdue~
2210    8, 395 |                          And, seiz’d with fear, forgot his mangled
2211    8, 398 |         Typhoeus, nor th’ unnumber’d snake,~
2212    8, 399 |                            Increas’d with hissing heads, in Lerna’
2213    8, 408 |                  The rites perform’d, the cheerful train retire.~
2214    8, 410 |                    The Trojan pass’d, the city to survey,~
2215    8, 411 |           And pleasing talk beguil’d the tedious way.~
2216    8, 422 |           gain, nor what they gain’d to spare.~
2217    8, 426 |                               Robb’d of his realms, and banish’
2218    8, 426 |          of his realms, and banish’d from above.~
2219    8, 427 |                   The men, dispers’d on hills, to towns he brought,~
2220    8, 428 |                    And laws ordain’d, and civil customs taught,~
2221    8, 429 |                    And Latium call’d the land where safe he lay~
2222    8, 432 |       hence the golden times deriv’d their name.~
2223    8, 433 |            degenerate and discolor’d age~
2224    8, 436 |        Saturn’s empire often chang’d the name.~
2225    8, 438 |    arbitrary sway the land oppress’d:~
2226    8, 441 |                       I last arriv’d, driv’n from my native home~
2227    8, 443 |                          Long toss’d on seas, I sought this happy
2228    8, 444 |                               Warn’d by my mother nymph, and
2229    8, 444 |          my mother nymph, and call’d by Heav’n’s command.”~
2230    8, 445 |     walking on, he spoke, and shew’d the gate,~
2231    8, 446 |                         Since call’d Carmental by the Roman state;~
2232    8, 455 |           Argus’ death, his murder’d guest,~
2233    8, 458 |                           Now roof’d with gold, then thatch’d
2234    8, 458 |           d with gold, then thatch’d with homely reeds.~
2235    8, 460 |            rude) ev’n then possess’d the swains.~
2236    8, 466 |                        And scatter’d tempests on the teeming
2237    8, 473 |                          They view’d the ground of Rome’s litigious
2238    8, 474 |                      Once oxen low’d, where now the lawyers bawl;)~
2239    8, 475 |         the narrow gate they press’d,~
2240    8, 478 |                             Receiv’d Alcides, then a conqueror.~
2241    8, 485 |        with her sable wings embrac’d the ground,~
2242    8, 488 |                              Couch’d with her husband in his
2243    8, 492 |           While cruel fate conspir’d with Grecian pow’rs,~
2244    8, 494 |                              I ask’d not aid th’ unhappy to restore,~
2245    8, 496 |                            Nor urg’d the labors of my lord in
2246    8, 498 |                     Tho’ much I ow’d to Priam’s house, and more~
2247    8, 501 |                   His race is doom’d to reign in Italy:~
2248    8, 508 |         haughty nations are combin’d~
2249    8, 525 |         Long since, had you requir’d my helpful hand,~
2250    8, 528 |                             Confin’d their empire to so short
2251    8, 536 |                          He snatch’d the willing goddess to his
2252    8, 537 |              Till in her lap infus’d, he lay possess’d~
2253    8, 537 |            infus’d, he lay possess’d~
2254    8, 540 |          first slumber had refresh’d the god—~
2255    8, 544 |         mouths, and with half-open’d eyes,~
2256    8, 549 |                   Not less concern’d, nor at a later hour,~
2257    8, 553 |                               Rais’d high on smoking rocks; and,
2258    8, 566 |                             Consum’d on mortals with prodigious
2259    8, 573 |           forth again with furbish’d arms,~
2260    8, 586 |          in the large furnace roll’d;~
2261    8, 591 |       steel is in the smithy drown’d;~
2262    8, 605 |          before their master press’d.~
2263    8, 607 |                  Mindful of promis’d aid, he mends his pace,~
2264    8, 628 |                 Once Agyllina call’d. It flourish’d long,~
2265    8, 628 |       Agyllina call’d. It flourish’d long,~
2266    8, 630 |                          Till curs’d Mezentius, in a fatal hour,~
2267    8, 631 |                              Assum’d the crown, with arbitrary
2268    8, 638 |                         Till, chok’d with stench, in loath’d
2269    8, 638 |            d with stench, in loath’d embraces tied,~
2270    8, 639 |         The ling’ring wretches pin’d away and died.~
2271    8, 640 |                         Thus plung’d in ills, and meditating
2272    8, 641 |         The people’s patience, tir’d, no longer bore~
2273    8, 646 |      cleaves the crowd, and, favor’d by the night,~
2274    8, 650 |            rous troops, now muster’d on the strand,~
2275    8, 654 |            An ancient augur, skill’d in future fate,~
2276    8, 662 |                                 Aw’d with these words, in camps
2277    8, 663 |         longing looks their promis’d guide.~
2278    8, 671 |                          Have forc’d me to refuse imperial sway.~
2279    8, 689 |         their silent grief express’d;~
2280    8, 693 |           cheer her issue, thunder’d thrice aloud;~
2281    8, 694 |       Thrice forky lightning flash’d along the sky,~
2282    8, 699 |                         The temper’d metals clash, and yield
2283    8, 702 |                             Presag’d th’ event, and joyful view’
2284    8, 702 |             event, and joyful view’d, above,~
2285    8, 703 |                     Th’ accomplish’d promise of the Queen of
2286    8, 707 |                 Is giv’n of promis’d aid, and arms divine.~
2287    8, 712 |            high: she then foreshow’d~
2288    8, 717 |        troops, prepare your perjur’d arms.”~
2289    8, 720 |              And on his altars wak’d the sleeping fires;~
2290    8, 728 |                  Steeds are prepar’d to mount the Trojan band,~
2291    8, 741 |                             Strain’d his departing friend; and
2292    8, 745 |         set whole heaps of conquer’d shields on fire;~
2293    8, 749 |            last ebbing soul return’d no more—~
2294    8, 750 |              Such if I stood renew’d, not these alarms,~
2295    8, 752 |           Mezentius, thus unpunish’d, boast~
2296    8, 758 |                         If the lov’d boy shall bless his father’
2297    8, 763 |                          Have doom’d to death his undeserving
2298    8, 766 |                 While, yet possess’d of all his youthful charms,~
2299    8, 771 |                       His languish’d limbs upon his homely bed.~
2300    8, 772 |          march; the gates are open’d wide;~
2301    8, 777 |         Gilded his arms, embroider’d was his vest.~
2302    8, 793 |                          Incompass’d round with gloomy hills
2303    8, 796 |      sacred forest to Silvanus vow’d,~
2304    8, 804 |                            Stretch’d on the spacious plain from
2305    8, 806 |                            Refresh’d his men, and wearied horses
2306    8, 807 |          the mother goddess, crown’d with charms,~
2307    8, 810 |          cool river’s banks, retir’d alone.~
2308    8, 813 |        Behold,” she said, “perform’d in ev’ry part,~
2309    8, 814 |           made, and Vulcan’s labor’d art.~
2310    8, 817 |        having first her son embrac’d,~
2311    8, 818 |            beneath an oak she plac’d,~
2312    8, 819 |         Proud of the gift, he roll’d his greedy sight~
2313    8, 820 |           Around the work, and gaz’d with vast delight.~
2314    8, 824 |               One keen with temper’d steel, one stiff with gold:~
2315    8, 826 |           shines a cloud, when edg’d with adverse light.~
2316    8, 831 |                  For these, emboss’d, the heav’nly smith had
2317    8, 835 |         The cave of Mars was dress’d with mossy greens:~
2318    8, 838 |                The foster dam loll’d out her fawning tongue:~
2319    8, 839 |                          They suck’d secure, while, bending back
2320    8, 840 |                           She lick’d their tender limbs, and
2321    8, 840 |       their tender limbs, and form’d them as they fed.~
2322    8, 850 |                           Both arm’d, with each a charger in
2323    8, 852 |         imprecations on the perjur’d head.~
2324    8, 853 |            traitor Metius, stretch’d between~
2325    8, 854 |        Four fiery steeds, is dragg’d along the green,~
2326    8, 858 |           force restore the banish’d kings.~
2327    8, 864 |        broke the bridge, and stemm’d the flood.~
2328    8, 866 |                               Scap’d from their chains, with
2329    8, 870 |                  The palace thatch’d with straw, now roof’d with
2330    8, 870 |      thatch’d with straw, now roof’d with gold.~
2331    8, 872 |            and, by her cackle, sav’d the state.~
2332    8, 881 |            wool; the targets dropp’d from heav’n.~
2333    8, 885 |                    Far hence remov’d, the Stygian seats are seen;~
2334    8, 886 |                  Pains of the damn’d, and punish’d Catiline~
2335    8, 886 |          of the damn’d, and punish’d Catiline~
2336    8, 896 |          Their brazen beaks, oppos’d with equal rage.~
2337    8, 907 |                               Rang’d on the line oppos’d, Antonius
2338    8, 907 |           Rang’d on the line oppos’d, Antonius brings~
2339    8, 914 |                The froth is gather’d, and the water glows.~
2340    8, 922 |                  With cymbals toss’d her fainting soldiers warms—~
2341    8, 923 |         was! who had not yet divin’d~
2342    8, 930 |                            Is grav’d, and strides along the liquid
2343    8, 943 |                  The god had figur’d her as driv’n along~
2344    8, 949 |            gods his thanks express’d,~
2345    8, 950 |            with his presence bless’d.~
2346    8, 951 |        temples in the town he plac’d;~
2347    8, 952 |           altars ev’ry temple grac’d.~
2348    8, 957 |                             Drench’d in his gore, the destin’
2349    8, 957 |            in his gore, the destin’d sacrifice.~
2350    8, 960 |           Accepts the presents vow’d for victory,~
2351    8, 962 |            Vast crowds of vanquish’d nations march along,~
2352    8, 968 |                   And here the tam’d Euphrates humbly glides,~
2353    8, 971 |               The Danes’ unconquer’d offspring march behind,~
2354    8, 974 |                    By Vulcan labor’d, and by Venus brought,~
2355    9, Arg |           camp. The Trojans, reduc’d to the last extremities,
2356    9, 1   |     affairs in distant places pass’d,~
2357    9, 5   |                              Retir’d alone she found the daring
2358    9, 6   |                             And op’d her rosy lips, and thus
2359    9, 15  |            on equal wings she pois’d her weight,~
2360    9, 16  |                           And form’d a radiant rainbow in her
2361    9, 26  |                           He scoop’d the water from the crystal
2362    9, 28  |            pow’rs above with offer’d vows.~
2363    9, 30  |                          Well hors’d, well clad; a rich and shining
2364    9, 45  |                          Thus warn’d, they shut their gates;
2365    9, 48  |                          Had charg’d them not to tempt the doubtful
2366    9, 49  |                   Nor, tho’ provok’d, in open fields advance,~
2367    9, 54  |           Thracian strain he press’d;~
2368    9, 57  |          An unexpected foe, he fac’d the lines.~
2369    9, 60  |          spurring on, his brandish’d dart he threw,~
2370    9, 62  |                               Amaz’d to find a dastard race,
2371    9, 69  |         gnashing teeth are exercis’d in vain,)~
2372    9, 79  |                        Where, fenc’d with strong redoubts, their
2373    9, 82  |                  He takes the wish’d occasion, fills his hand~
2374    9, 84  |                                Urg’d by his presence, ev’ry soul
2375    9, 84  |       presence, ev’ry soul is warm’d,~
2376    9, 85  |           with kindled firs is arm’d.~
2377    9, 86  |                       From the fir’d pines the scatt’ring sparkles
2378    9, 87  |                    Fat vapors, mix’d with flames, involve the
2379    9, 89  |                     Which threaten’d, in the fleet, the Trojan
2380    9, 92  |        that, when the chief prepar’d his flight,~
2381    9, 93  |                           And fell’d his timber from Mount Ida’
2382    9, 94  |      grandam goddess then approach’d her son,~
2383    9, 97  |                      Since conquer’d heav’n has own’d you for
2384    9, 97  |           conquer’d heav’n has own’d you for its king.~
2385    9, 99  |          With firs and maples fill’d, a shady wood;~
2386    9, 101 |                Where I was worship’d with religious love.~
2387    9, 104 |                          Now, fill’d with fear, on their behalf
2388    9, 125 |           now at length the number’d hours were come,~
2389    9, 126 |                             Prefix’d by fate’s irrevocable doom,~
2390    9, 130 |                  A light that sign’d the heav’ns, and shot along;~
2391    9, 131 |           Then from a cloud, fring’d round with golden fires,~
2392    9, 134 |          Both hosts, in arms oppos’d, with equal horror wounds:~
2393    9, 140 |                               Loos’d from your crooked anchors,
2394    9, 143 |        sooner had the goddess ceas’d to speak,~
2395    9, 149 |                  The foes, surpris’d with wonder, stood aghast;~
2396    9, 150 |                      Messapus curb’d his fiery courser’s haste;~
2397    9, 151 |                     Old Tiber roar’d, and, raising up his head,~
2398    9, 152 |                               Call’d back his waters to their
2399    9, 158 |        they cannot, and, constrain’d to stay,~
2400    9, 167 |                       Their promis’d hour is pass’d, and mine
2401    9, 167 |        Their promis’d hour is pass’d, and mine remains.~
2402    9, 173 |           final ruin, for a ravish’d wife.~
2403    9, 174 |           not enough, that, punish’d for the crime,~
2404    9, 181 |           hands divine, yet perish’d by their guilt?~
2405    9, 189 |                           The robb’d Palladium, the pretended
2406    9, 194 |          Whom Hector’s arms detain’d to the tenth tardy year.~
2407    9, 207 |                            Stretch’d at their length, they press
2408    9, 212 |                       And with arm’d legions all the rampires
2409    9, 212 |      legions all the rampires fill’d.~
2410    9, 213 |                               Seiz’d with affright, their gates
2411    9, 217 |                         Commission’d by their absent prince to
2412    9, 227 |                   But better skill’d unerring shafts to send.~
2413    9, 233 |        hazard in the war they shar’d,~
2414    9, 242 |                      Their scatter’d fires! the most, in sleep
2415    9, 245 |                           All hush’d around. Now hear what I
2416    9, 255 |            his ardent friend expos’d his mind:~
2417    9, 257 |        unworthy, Nisus, to be join’d?~
2418    9, 264 |                     The thing call’d life, with ease I can disclaim,~
2419    9, 269 |              Restore me to thy lov’d embrace with life,~
2420    9, 270 |                            Condemn’d to pay my vows, (as sure
2421    9, 287 |            ev’ry weary matron stay’d behind.”~
2422    9, 292 |                   The guard reliev’d, the gen’rous couple went~
2423    9, 297 |           council for th’ indanger’d state.~
2424    9, 303 |                   The right reclin’d upon the bending spear.~
2425    9, 306 |        important, not to be deferr’d.~
2426    9, 308 |            ring the more experienc’d to begin.~
2427    9, 311 |           The foe, securely drench’d in sleep and wine,~
2428    9, 325 |                            He ceas’d; and old Alethes took the
2429    9, 332 |                    Panted and paus’d; and thus again he spoke:~
2430    9, 349 |                    And high emboss’d, which, when old Priam reign’
2431    9, 349 |        which, when old Priam reign’d,~
2432    9, 350 |            conqu’ring sire at sack’d Arisba gain’d;~
2433    9, 350 |         sire at sack’d Arisba gain’d;~
2434    9, 353 |       Beside a costly bowl, ingrav’d with art,~
2435    9, 355 |                 But, if in conquer’d Italy we reign,~
2436    9, 357 |      courser by proud Turnus press’d:~
2437    9, 361 |          in rich attire, and train’d with care;~
2438    9, 365 |                     No fate my vow’d affection shall divide~
2439    9, 382 |                 My fate she follow’d. Ignorant of this~
2440    9, 390 |         age, forsaken and distress’d.~
2441    9, 393 |                   He said. The mov’d assistants melt in tears.~
2442    9, 403 |                       My father us’d it,) what, returning here~
2443    9, 404 |                              Crown’d with success, I for thyself
2444    9, 405 |           thou fail, shall thy lov’d mother share.”~
2445    9, 409 |           an iv’ry scabbard sheath’d the blade.~
2446    9, 412 |           And good Alethes furnish’d him, beside,~
2447    9, 414 |                           Thus arm’d they went. The noble Trojans
2448    9, 420 |           trenches first they pass’d; then took their way~
2449    9, 421 |          their proud foes in pitch’d pavilions lay;~
2450    9, 423 |          the careless host dispers’d upon the plain,~
2451    9, 424 |                          Who, gorg’d, and drunk with wine, supinely
2452    9, 425 |                          Unharnass’d chariots stand along the
2453    9, 428 |               Observing Nisus shew’d his friend the sight:~
2454    9, 429 |             Behold a conquest gain’d without a fight.~
2455    9, 430 |         offers, and I stand prepar’d;~
2456    9, 436 |                      His head rais’d high on tapestry beneath,~
2457    9, 438 |        prophet, by King Turnus lov’d:~
2458    9, 439 |         prescience cannot be remov’d.~
2459    9, 443 |           His charioteer, intrench’d betwixt the wheels~
2460    9, 444 |                        And his lov’d horses; last invades their
2461    9, 448 |         the spurning heels dispers’d around,~
2462    9, 452 |           and wine the youth retir’d to rest,~
2463    9, 453 |                           And puff’d the fumy god from out his
2464    9, 456 |                         The famish’d lion thus, with hunger bold,~
2465    9, 464 |                            Oppress’d with heavy sleep the former
2466    9, 466 |            a spacious jar he slink’d for fear;~
2467    9, 467 |         fatal iron found and reach’d him there;~
2468    9, 468 |          For, as he rose, it pierc’d his naked side,~
2469    9, 469 |             reeking, thence return’d in crimson dyed.~
2470    9, 472 |             where Messapus quarter’d, they arrive.~
2471    9, 475 |                       Nisus observ’d the discipline, and said:~
2472    9, 477 |                And see the scatter’d streaks of dawning day,~
2473    9, 480 |             A lane thro’ slaughter’d bodies we have made.”~
2474    9, 481 |          Euryalus, tho’ loth, obey’d.~
2475    9, 486 |            on the steed of conquer’d Rhamnes lay.~
2476    9, 488 | girdle-belt, with nails of burnish’d gold.~
2477    9, 489 |           Caedicus the rich bestow’d~
2478    9, 490 |          friendship first they vow’d,~
2479    9, 491 |                  And, absent, join’d in hospitable ties:~
2480    9, 492 |        dying, to his heir bequeath’d the prize;~
2481    9, 493 |         ring Ardean troops oppress’d,~
2482    9, 494 |          the glorious gift possess’d.~
2483    9, 501 |          But far they had not pass’d, before they spied~
2484    9, 507 |       shining helm Euryalus betray’d,~
2485    9, 508 |          with full reflection play’d.~
2486    9, 510 |           men go there;” then rais’d his voice aloud:~
2487    9, 524 |            friend, the forest pass’d,~
2488    9, 525 |           from Alba’s name so call’d,~
2489    9, 526 |        Latinus then his oxen stall’d;~
2490    9, 528 |                           And miss’d his friend, and cast his
2491    9, 535 |                 The sound approach’d; and suddenly he view’d~
2492    9, 535 |            d; and suddenly he view’d~
2493    9, 542 |                  With odds oppress’d, in such unequal strife?~
2494    9, 543 |                             Resolv’d at length, his pointed spear
2495    9, 549 |                       Or I increas’d them with my sylvan toils,~
2496    9, 552 |                            He pois’d, and aim’d, and launch’d
2497    9, 552 |                 He pois’d, and aim’d, and launch’d the trembling
2498    9, 552 |           d, and aim’d, and launch’d the trembling spear.~
2499    9, 555 |                              Pierc’d his thin armor, drank his
2500    9, 559 |                     All stand amaz’d—a second jav’lin flies~