And follow, with thiur eyes, the dusty cloud,
Which winds disperse by fits, aod show from far
The blaze of arms, and shields, and shining war.
The troops, drawn op in beantiful array,
0*er healthy plains pursue the ready way.
it^peated ptaJs of shouts are beard asound ;
The neighing coursers answer to the sound }
And shake with homy hoofs the solid ground.
A greenwood shade, for Jong religion known.
Stands by the streams that wash the Tuscan town ;
Bncompass'd round with gloomy hills above.
Which add a holy honour to the grove.
The first inhabitants, of Grecian blood.
That sacred forest to Sylvanus vowM :
The guardian of their Aocks aiid fields ; they pay
Their due derotic^ on his anuual day.
Kot fair front hence, along the river's *ide,
lu tents secure, the Tuscan troops abide !
B|y Tarchon led* Now, from a rising ground,
^naas cast his wotidfcrfng eyes around^
And all the Tyrrhene army had in sight,
StretchM oa the spadous plains from left to ri^t.
Thhber hia wariBce train the Trojan led :
Refreshed hfs men, and weary horses fed.
Mean-time the mother-goddess, crown'd with

charms,
^â–  aa k s through the clouds, and brings the fkted
Withm a winding vale she finds her son, [arms.
On the oool river's banks, retired alone.
She shows her heavenly form without disguise,
And gives herself to hb desiring eyes.
" Behold,'* she said, ^ perform'd in every part.
My promise made ; and Vulcan's laboured art.
Now seek, secure, the Latian enemv ;
And haughty Tumus to the field defy."
Sbm said : and having firtl her son embrae'd.
The radiant arms beneath an oajc she pimc'd.
Pr({ii4 of the gift, he rolled his greedy sight
Amnd the work, and gaz*d with vast delighU
He lifts, he turns, he poises, aod admires
The crested helm, that vomits radiant fires:
His hands the fatal sword and eordet hold :
One keen with temper'd steel, one stiff with gold ;
Both ample, fiammg both, and beamy bright :
So shines a cloud, when edg'd with adverse light
He shakes the pointed spear, and lougs to try
Hie plaited cuishes on his manly thigh :
But most admires the shield's mysterious mould.
Awl Roman triumphs rising on the gold.
For these, embost, the heavenly sn^ith had

wrought
(Not in the rolls of future time untaught)
The wari in order, and the race divine
Of warriors, issuing from the Julian line.
The cave of Mars was dress'd with mossy greens t
Tbere^ by the wolf, was laid the martial twins:
latrei^ oa her swelling dugs they hung ;
The foster-dam loU'd out her fawning tongue :
They Sttck'd secure, while bending back her head.
She lick'd their tender limbs ; and form*d them

as they fsd.
Not far from hence new Rome appears, with games
Projected for the rape of Sabine dames.
The pit resounds with shrieks : a war succeeds.
For breach of public faith, and unexampled deeds.
Here for revenge the Sabine troops contend :
The RifflMns there nith arms the psey defood.



Wearys'd with tedious war, at length they ceas* ;

And lM>th the kings and kingckxns plicrht the peaca*

1'h0 friendly cbicife, before Jove^s altar stand ;

Both arnM, with each a char^r in his hand :

A fatted sow for sacrifice is led ;

With imprecations on the pei;iur*d bead.

Near this the traitor Metiiis, stretch M between

Four fiery steeds, is draggM alon? the greon;

By Tulhis' doom : the brambles drink b!« blood ;

And his torn limbs are left, the vultures* f(>od.

There Porsenna to Home proud Tarqwi*! brings;

And would by force restore thp banish'd kings.

One tyrant for his fel'ow-tyrant fights :

The Roman youth assert their native rights.

Before the town the Tuscan army lies .

To win by famine, or by fraud surprise.

Their king, half threatening, half disdaining, stood:

While Codes broke the bridge j and stemm d the

flood.
The captive maids there tempt the racing tide :
^oap^d from their chains, with Clelia for tbeir

guide.
High on a rock heroic Manfios stood;
To guard the temple, and the temple's god.
Then Rome was poor , and there you might behol4
The palace tbatch'd with straw, now rooTd

with gold.
Tlie silver goose before the shining gate
There flew ; and, by her cackle, sav»d the statew
She told the Ganb' approach t th* approachiof

Oauls,
Obscuva m night, ascend, and seise the walla.
The gold dissembled well their golden hair :
And getdea chains on their white necks theyi

«ear. twiefd;

Gold are their vests : long Alpine spears th^
And their left arm sustains a length of shield.
Hard by, the leaping Salian priesta advance :
And naked through the itreeU the mad Loperd

dance
In caps of wool. The targets dropt finom Heaveni
Here modest matrons in soft litters driven, '
To pay their vows m solemn pomp appear :
And odorous gums in their chaste huxls they bear.
F^ hence remov'd, the Stygian seata are seen t
Pains of the daran'd, and punish'd Catalhie i
Hung on a rock the traitor ; and around
The furies hissing from the nether ground.
Apart from these, the happy souls he draws.
And Cato's holy ghost dispensing Inira
Betw ixt the quarters flows a golden sea t
Bnt foaming surges, there, in silver play.
The dancing dolphins, with their tails, drt'ide
The glittering waves, and cut tlie precious tide.
Amid the main, two mighty fleets engage
Their brazen beaks opposed with equal rage.
Actium surveys the well -disputed prize :
Uucata's watery plain with foamy billows ft-ies.
VoungCsBsar, on the stem, in armour bright.
Here leads the Romans and their gods to fight :
His beamy temples shoot their flames afar ;
And o*er his head is hung tbe Jnlian star.
Agrippa !ieconds him, with prosperous gales ;
And, with propitious gods, his foes assails.
A naval crown, that binds his manly brows.
The happy fortune of the fight foreshows.

Ranged on tbe line opposM, Antoniiis brings
Barbarian aids, and troops of eastern kings.
Th* Arabians near, and Bactrians firom afar,
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Ao<]» rich in gaudy robes, amidst the strife.
His ill fate follows bim ; th' Egyptian wife.
Moving they fight : with oars, and ferky prows,
The froth is gathered, and the water glows.
It seems as if tbe Cycladet again
Were rooted up, and justlod in tbe main ;
Or floating mountains, floating mountains meet :
Such is the fierce encounter of the fleet.
Fire-balls are thrown ; and pointed javelins fly :
The fields of Neptane take a purple dye.
The queen herself, amidst the loud alarms.
With cymbals toss'd her fainting soldiers warms.
Fool as she was ; who had not yet divin*d
Her cruel fate ; nor saw tbe snakes behind.
Her country gods, the monsters of the sky,
Great Neptune, Pallas, and love's queen, defy.
The dog Anubis barks, but barks in vain ;
Kor longer dares oppose th* ethereal train.
Mars» in the middle of the shining shield,
Is grav*d, and strides along the liquid field.
The Dine souse from heaven, with swift descent :
And Discord, dy*d in blood, with garments rent.
Divides the peace : her steps Bellona treads,
And shakes her iron rod above their heads.
This seen, Apollo, fiom his ACtian height.
Pours down his arrows : at whose winged flight
The trembling Indians and Egyptians yield :
And soft Sabaeans quit tbe watery field.
The fatal mistress hoists her silken sails : '
And, shrinking from the sight, invokes the gales.
Aghast she looks ; and heaves her breast for breath :
Panting, and pale with fear of future death.
The god had figur'd her, as driven along
Sy winds and waves, and scudding through

the throng.
Jnst opposite, sad Nilus opens wide
His arms, and ample bosom, to tbe tide.
And spreads bis mantle o'er tbe winding coast ;
^n which he wraps his queen, and bides the flying

host
The victor, to tbe god his thanks estpress'd :
And Rome triumphant, with his presence blessM.
Three hundred temples in the town he placed j
With spoils and altars every temple grac'd.
Three shining nights, ami three succeeding days.
The fields resound with shouts, the streeU with

praise.
The domes with songs, the theatres with plays.
All altars flame : before each altar lies,
Drench'd in his gore, the destinM sacrifice.
Great Caesar sits sublime upon his throne ;
Before Apollo's porch, of Parian stone :
Accepts the presents vow'd for victory ;
And hangs the monumental crown on high.
Vast crowds of vanquished nations march along,
Various in arms, in habit, and in tongue.
Here Mulciber assigns the proper place
For Carians, and th' ungirt Nnmidian race ;
Then ranks the Thraciaus in the second row j
And Scythians, expert in dart and bow.
Aticl here the tam'd l^iiphrates humbly glides:
And there the IJhine submits her swelling tides.
And pi-oud Araxes, whom no bridge could bind,
The Danes' nnconquer'd offspring march behind ;
And Morini, the las.t of human kind.

Tht-sc figures, on the shield divimdy wrought.
By Vulcan labour'd, and by Venus brought,
With joy and wonder fdl thi; hero's thought.
Uu>oawn the names, he yet admires the grace ;
And bears aloft the fame and furtuuc of his race.



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TBB NINTH BOOK C9
THE MSEI&,



THB AftCOMBNT.

Ti^Nus tokes advanUge of Aieat's absence, flret
some of his ships (which are tranformed into
lea-nymphs) and assaults his camp. The Trojans,
redu(^ to the last extremities, send Nisus and
Euryalus to recal ^neas ; which furnishes the
poet with that admirable episode of their friend-
ship, generosity, and the conclosioo of their
adventures.



While these albirs in distant places pass'd^
The various Iris Juno sends with haste.
To find bold Tumns, who, with anxious tbongh^
The secret shade of his great grandsire sought.
Retir'd alone she found the daring man :
And op'd her rosy lips, and thus began :
" What none of all the gods could grant thy vowsj
That, Tumus, this auspicious day bestows !
.£neas, gone to seek th* Arcadian prince.
Has left the Trojan camp without defence ;
And, short of succours there, employs his punt
In parts remote to raise the Tuscan swains :
Now snatch an hour that favours thy designs.
Unite thy forces, and atuck their lines."
This said, on equal wings she pois'd her weighty
And form'd a radiant rainbow in her flight.

The Dannian hero lifts his hands and eyex.
And thus invokes the goddess as she flies :
" Iris, the grace of Heaven, what power divine
Has sent thee down, through dusky clouds to

shine ?
5>ee, they divide ! immortal day appears ;
And guttering planets dancing in their spheres !
With joy, these happy omens I obey ;
And follow to the war the god that leads the way.*

Thus having said, as by the bnxHc he stood.
He scoop'd the water from the crystal flood ;
llicn, with his hands, the drops to Heaven he

throws.
And loads the powers above with ofier'd vows,
^'ow march the bold confederates through the

plain ;
Well horsM, well clad, a rich and shining tram :
Messapus leads the van ; and in the rear.
The sons of Tyrrhcus in bright arms appear.
In the main battle, with his flaming crest.
The mijjhty Tumus towers above the rest :
Silent they move ; majestically slow.
Like ebbing Nile, or Ganges in his flow.
The Trojans view the dusty cloud from far;
And the dark menace of the distant war.
Caicus from the rampire saw il rise,
Blackenint; the fields, and thickening thraugh the
Then, to his fellows, thus aloud he calls : [skies.
** What rolling clouds, my friends, approach the

walls ?
Arm, arm, and man tbe works : prepare your spears
And pointed darts ; the Latian host appears ;*'
Thus waru'd, they shut their gates ; with shouts

ascend
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9br iMr «iw gencrtt, %ilh fbreteeing mtb.

Had clMif'd tiMm, aotto tempt the doubtfbl war:

lior, tiMwgh provoied, is open fieldt advance ;

But cloee wHbki tbetr lines attend their chance:

Unvillh^, yet they keep the strict commaiid ;

And sonrly wait in arms the hostile band.

The fiery Taraos (lew before the rest,

A pye-baJI'd steed of Thracian strain he pre»*d ;

'His helm of massy gold ; and crimson was his crest

With twenty horse to seeond his designs,

An nnexpectod foe, he foc'd the lines.

- " b there,'' he said, ** id aroM who bravely

due
W» leader's hononr, and his danger, Aare ?"
Then, sparring on, his brandish'd dart he threw,
la sign of war; applauding shouts ensoe.
Amaz*d to find a dastiurd race that nm
Behind the rampires, and the battle shun.
Be rides aroand the camp, with rollmg eyes,
And flops at every post ; and every passage tries.
So roams the nightly wolf about the fold,
Wet-with deaoeoding showers, and stiff with cold ;
He bowls for hunger, and be grins for pain|
His gnashing teeth are eiercis'd in vain:
And, impotent of anger, finds no way
la bis di rttnd ed paws to grasp the prey.
The mothers listen | but the bleating kmbi
Securely swig the dug beneath the dams.
Thus ranges eager Tbmns o'er the plain.
Sharp with desire, and fbrious with disdain :
Surveys-eadi passa g e with a piercing sight, '
To force bis foes m«quai field to fight
Thns^ while be gaaes ronnd, at length be spies
Where, feac'd with strong redoobu, their navy

Ckiie underneath the walls; the wadiing tide
Secures fi^om all approttdi this weaker side.
He takes the wish'd occasion ; fills his hand
With ready fires, and shakes a flaming brand :
17rg*d by bia presence, every soul is warm'd.
And every band with kindled fire is armU
T^roai the fir^ pines the scattering sparkles fly ;
'st vaponrs nmc'd with flames involve the sky.
What power, O Muses, could avert the flame
Which threaten'd, hi the fleet, the Tktjan name !
TUl : for the foct, through length of time obscure.
Is bard to faith ; yet shall the fome endure.
TSs said that, when the chief prepared his
flight.
And feli'd his timber from Moont Ida's height.
The grandam goddess then approach'd her son,
And with a mother's nujesty bmn :
"Grant me," she sai^ <* the sole request I bring.
Since oonqoer'd Heaven has own'd you for its king :
On ]da*s brows, forages past, there stood,
With firs and maples fill'd, a shady wood;
And on the summit roae a sacred grove.
Where I was worsbip'd with religious love ;
These woodN, that holy grove, my long delight,
I gave the Tinman prince to speed his flight
Now fill'd with foar, on their behalt I come ;
I^ neither winds oVrsat, nor waves entoanl]^
The floating forests of the sacred pine ;
But let it be. their safety to be mine."
Then thus reply'd her awful son ; who rolla
The ndiant stars, and Heaven and Earth cootrela t
" How dare you, mother, endless date demand.
For vessels moukled by a mortal hand?
What then is fote? Shall bold /Bneas ride,
Ofsafptyeevtaiii, ga tb> nnoertaiii tide ) .



Yet what I can, I grsat: when, walisd o^e#,
The chief is landed oa the Latian shore.
Whatever ships escape the raging storms.
At my command shall change their fading fbnm *
To nymphs divine ; and plough the watery way,
like Doris and the daughters of the sea."

To seal his sacred vow, by Styx he swore.
The lake with liquid pitch, the dreary shore |
And Phlegethon's innavigable fiood,
And the black regions of his brother god :**
He said ; and shook the skies with his imperial nod.

And now, at length, the numbeed hours were
Prefix'd by fate's hrrevocable doom, [coms^

When the great mother of the gods was f^
To save ber ships, and finish Jove*» decree.
Ffast, from the quarter of the mom, there spfsi^
A light that sing'd the Heavens, and shot along;
Then from a cloud, fnng'd round with golden firel»
Were timbrels heard, and Berecynthian choirs :
And last a voice, with more than mortd sounds.
Both hosts, in arms oppos'd, with equal honour
wounds.

" OTkt>jan race, your needless aid Ibrbcef^ **
A*^d know, my ships are my peculiar care.
With greater ease the bold Rntuliao may.
With hissing brands, attempt to bum the iea.
Than singe my sacred pines. But you, my chiir||k
Loos'd from your crooked anchors, lancb at

forge.
Exalted each a nymph : fbrsake the sand.
And swim the seas, at Cybele's command.'*
No sooner had the goddess ceas'd to speak.
When lo, th' obedient ships their hausera bceik i
And, strange to tell, like dolphins in the mahi.
They plunge their prows, and dive, and spriitf

again:
As many beauteous maids the bi|]o#fl sweep,
Aa rode before tell vessels on the deep.
The foes, surprised with wonder, stood a^iast,
Mesaspus curb'd bis fiery -eourser's haste ; *

Old Tiber roar'd, and, raising up his head,
CalPd back his waters to their ooBy bed.
Tumos alone, undaunted, bore the shock ;
And with these words his tmnbUng troops be-

ipckiet
" These monsters for the IVojan's flite are meaat^
And are by Jove fbr black presages sent
He takes the cowards' last relief away :
For fly they cannot ; and constrafai'd to stay.
Must, yield, nnfbnght, a base inglorious piey,
Thelk)oldhalfofall the globe blest;
Heaven diuts the seas, and we secure the coast
Theirs is no more than that small spot of ground.
Which myriads of oar martial men surround.
Their fotes I fear not; or vain oracles ;
Tis given to Venus, they should cross the'seae ;
And land secure upon the Latian plains :
Their promised hour Is pass'd, and mmt lemaiati
Tis in the fote ef IVirtius to destroy.
With sword and &e, tfaefoithless raee of Tkoy.
Shall sooh affiponts as these akme inflame
The Grecian brothers, «nd the Grecian name f
My cause end theirs is one; a fatal strife.
And final min, fbr a tavtsb'd wife.
Was't not enough, that, pna»h'd for the crime.
They fell ; but will Uiek fWI a second titne ?
One would have thought Ibey toaid enough befoiv.
To cnrsa the costly sex ; and durst ofibnd^ meM.
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BetwiK^ tMr-feUaiid tiMimj, whfn Troy, thtrngk

built
By hands divine, yet pcrif h'd by their guilt ?
Lep<^ me, for once, my friendf, your Talient headt.
To force froia-out their lioes these dastard bands.
Less than a thousend ships will end this war i
Nor Vulcan needs his ftiteU arms prepare.
Let all the Tuscans all th' Arcadians join,
Kor these, nor those, shall frustrate my design.
Let them not fear the treasons of the night ;
The n>bb*d palladium, the pretended flight :
Our onset sh|dl be made m open light
No wooden engine shall their town betray,
^ires they shall have arouiKl, but fires by day.
No Grecian babes before their camp appear.
Whom Hector's arms detained to the tenth tardy

year.
Kow, since the Sun is rolling to the west»
Cive me the silent night to needful rest :
Refipcsh your bodies, and your arms prepare s
The mom shall end the small remains of war.**

The port of honour to Messapus faUs,
To keep the nightly guard ; to watch the waHs ;
To pitch the fires at distances around.
And close the Trojans in their scanty ground.
Twice seven Hutulian captains ready stand :
AjMi twioe seven hundred horse their chiefii com-
mand :
All clad in shining arms the works invest ;
Each with a radiant helm, and waving crest
StretchM at their length, they press the grassy

ground ;
Thev laugh, they sing, thejolly bowb go round :
itith lights and cheerful fires renew the day ;
And pass ih^ wakeful night in feasts and play.

The Trojans, from above, their fbei beheld ;
And with arm*d legion* all the raropires fill'd :
Sciz'd with afiright, their gates they first ex-
plore;
Join works to works with bridges ; tower to tower :
Thus all things needful for defence abound ;
Mnestheus and brave Seresthus walk the round :
Commissioned by their absent prince to share
The common danger, and divide the care.
The soldiers draw their lots j and, as they fall,
By turns relieve each other on the wall.

Nigh where the foes their utmost guards advance
To watch the gate, was warlike Nisus* chance.
Wis father Hyrticus of noble blood ;
His mother was a huntress of the wood ;
And sent him to the wai-s ; well could he bear
Hi» lance in fi^ht, and dart the aying spear :
Bat, better skiird unerring shafts to send.
Beside bim stood Euryalus his friend.
Euryalus, than whom the Trojan host
No &irer fece, or sweeter air could boast
Scarce had the down to shade his cheeks begun ;
One was their care, and their delight was one.
One common hazard in the war they shar'd ;
And now were both, by choice, upon the guard.

Then Nisus, thus : " Or do the gods inspire
This warmth, or make we gods of our desire ?
A generous ardour boils within my breast,
Eager of action, enemy to rest ;
This urges me to fight, and fires my mind.
To leave a memorable name behind.
Thou seest the foe secure, how faintly shine
Their scattered fires ! tho most in sleep supine
Along the ground, an easy conquest lie ;
The wakeful few the ^ming fiaggon ply :



All hush aioiHid. N^v bnarishal-I i <w> W» |
A thought unripe, and scnrcely yet leaolvt.
Our absent priooe both onmp and enuncil noqiBj
By message both would hasten his vetusn i
If they confer what I demand on then
(For &me is reaompensn enough fir me)^
Methioks beneath yon hill, I hava tspy'd
A way that safi»ly will ny passage guid«»**
Euryalus stood listening while be spoke )
With love ef praise, and noble envy struck }
Then to his ardent fHend expos*d his mind :
*' All this alone, and ^wving me behind.
Am I unworthy, Nisus, to be join'd ?
Thtnk*st thou I ean my share of glory yieU,
Or send thee unassisted to the field?
Not so my father taught ny childhood annai
Bom in a siege, and bred among nlarms ;
Nor is my youth unworthy of my fir«snd»
Nor of the heaven-bom bero I attend.
The thing call'd life, with ease I caa dlselaiai |
And think it ovet-soki to purchase £sna"

Then Nisus, thus: ** Alas! thy tewieryenff
Would minister new nutter to my tears :
So may the gods, who view thia friendly i
Restore me to thy lov'd embrace with life.
Condemned to pay my vows (as sure I tmet)
This thy request is cruel and ui^ust.
But if some chance, as many chaneee m§tf
And doubtful hazards in the deedeof wer ;
If one should reach my head, there lei it fell,
And spare thy life ; I would not perish all.
Thy bloomy youth dtserves a longer date ;
Live thou to mourn thy love's unhappy fete s
1*0 bear my mangled body from the foe;
Or buy it back, and funeral rites bestow.
Or, if herd fortune shall' those dues deny.
Thou canst at least an empty tamb supply*
O let me not the widow's tears renew ;
Nor k^ a mother's curse my name punue p
Tliy pious parent, who, for love of thee.
Forsook the coasts of friendly Sicily,
Her age committing to the seas and wind»
When every weary matron stay'd behind.**
To this Euryalus: ** You plead in vain.
And but pnitract the cause you ennnot gaitki
No more delays, but haste. ** With that he waksg
The nodding watch ; each to his o^e takes.
The guard relieved, the generous couple veni
To find the council at the royal tent
All creatures else forgot their dally cure ;
And sleep, the common gift of nature, skase:
Except the Trojan peers, who wakeful sat
In nightly council for th' endangered atata
They vote a message to their absent chief;
Show their distress, and beg a swift reliei
Amid the camp a silent seat they choae.
Remote their clamour, and secure from foes,
On their left arms their ample shields tkey beer,
Their right reclined upon the bending spear.
Now Nisus and his friend approach the guard,
And beg admission, eager to be heard*
Th' affair important, not to be deferred.
Ascanius bids them be conducted in ;
Ordering the more experienc'd to begin.
Then Nisus thus: " Ye fathers, lend yonr ease.
Nor judge our bold attempt beyond our ycan^
The foe, securely drencb'd in sleep and wine,
Neglect their watch ; the fires but thinly shine?
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Cloie if tlMac% ■ pniwg* we !»▼« ipf'd.
Which vill our wmf to froat £nMt gakU*
IifVot taoh houf ID tea hiai nfc agaia,
Lot4«d Wkh spoilt oTIbaa ia hattlatbia.
teatch vfftha Mcky mianlla whtW va maj X
Nor caa aM ba mittoheD ID the vay ;
flK» haaliayMi the Taiet, we both haaoiaia
The liaof targfii, aad the itream b i t aet a :
And know the winding coune, with «««y Jbrd.**
&• oaMTtf: and old AlalheatODk tka wanL
** Ont eaaatry fodt, hk whom our tnit we pUoa,
Witt yet ftaaa rain wrelhe Twajftm race t
WNlftfnbelMld tiKh dranlleK w^Mlh •oftm
la da«ai»g yairth, md louljiio void of naVi
Theft into taaia of joy the father bveke ;
Jbch in hie liaging arOMi by tame be took:
Hnted, and pana'd ; and thus again he apeha t
'* Ye braie young men, what eqaa) gi/W can we,
fafflwaanpsaaaof socbdcearl, deai e c ?