And poiotf to Dfomed the tempting prize.
"Tbem
DeicrVt
Not, bn
ApprDScI
Or if thy
Urire the ts.
PaJIas
Br-athM Mp
Vhere'ei
His thin)
Bath'd al e,
And a loi
So the ^r
O'eric^ps
On sh'icp
He, Tils
Xof stopf
Tdl twelv
rhFwsfj
Back by t
Si/c' to tbe ships, he wisely clear'd the way;
Lest the fince steeds, not yet to battles bred,
Should start, and tremble at the heaps of d'eitd.
>'aw tvdfe di^ftalch'dy the monarch last they
fbond;
Tydkles* (al<iy0ii lIzM him to the ground.
Jost then a detth^l dream Minerva sent ;
A wlike form appeared before his tent,
^luase viiioQaiy steel his bosom tore :
S^dresmVI the moomrch, and awakM no more.
Ulywi now the snowy steeds detains,
Aad Mi them, fostenM by the silver reins ;
T:eae^ with his bow mibent, he lash'd along ;
^^soouige forgot, on Rhesus* chariot hung.)
pKn pve his fKend the signal to retire ;
^tit kun, new dangers, new achievements fire :
^^^^ibtfal he stood, or with his reeking blade
To send more heroes to th* infernal shade,
^off the car where Rhesus' armour lay,
OrhfiSTe with manly force, and lift away.
^"bDe oniesoKM the son of Tydeus stands,
^iBu appears, and thus her chief commands :
"Enoi^, my son; from farther slaughter
S<pud tby safety, and depart in peace ;
H«*e to the shipa, the gotten spoils enjoy.
Hot tempt too for the hostile gods of Troy."
The Toiee divhie confe^Vd the martial maid ;
In t»te be mounted, and her word obey*d j
Tlw> coorspis fly before Ulysses* bow,
^^ft as the wind, and white as winter-snow.
^ anobierv'd they pass*d : the god of light
Had vateh'd his Troy, and mark*d Mmerva's
flight,
aw Tydeus* son with heavenly succour blest.
And TeDgefut anger fiird his sacred breast
^ to tbe Trojan camp descends the power.
And wakes Hippocoon in the morning hour
^ On Rhesus' side accnstom'd to attend,
A ^itbfal kinsman, and instructive friend. )
lit rose, and saw the field deform'd with blood,
Aft eupty space where late the coursers stood.
The yet-warm Thraciins ptntfaig on the cowt j
For each he wept, bat for his Rhesus most :
Now while on Rhesus' name he calls in vain,
The gathering tumult spreads o'er all the plain;
On heaps the Trojans rush, with wild affright.
And wondering view the slaughters of the night.
Meanwhile the chiefs arriving at the shade
Where late the spoils of Hector's spy were laid,
Ulysses stopp'd ; to bim Tydides bore
The trophy, dropping yet with Dolon's gore:
Then mounts again ; agahi their nimble feet
The coursers ply, and thunder tow'rds the fleet.
Old Nestor first perceiv'd th' approaching sound.
Bespeaking thus the Grecian peers around:
'* Methinks the noise of trampling steeds I hear.
Thickening this way, and gathering on my ear ;
Perhaps some horses of the Trojan breed
(5So may, ye gods ! my pious hopes succeed)
The great Tydides and Ulysses bear,
Retum'd triumphant with this prize of war.
Yet much I fear (ah may that fear be vain T)
The chiefs out-number'd by.the Trojan train ;
Perhaps ev'n now pursued, they seek the shore ;
Or, oh ! perhaps those heroes are no more."
Scarce had he spoke, when lo ! tbe chieis
appear,
And spring to earth ; the Greeks dismiss their fear:
With words of friendship and extended hands
They greet the kings : and Nestor first demands :
** Say thou, whose praises all our host proclaun.
Thou living glory of the Grecian name !
Say, whence these coursers? by what chance
bestow'd ?
The spoil of foes, or present of a god ?
Not those fair steeds so radiant and so gay.
That draw the burning chariot of the day.
Old as I am, to age I scorn to yield,
And daily mingle in the martial field ;
But sure till now no coursers struck my sight
Like these conspicuous through the ranks of fight.
Some god, I deem, conferr'd the glorious prize,*
Ricst as ye are, and fovourites of the skies ;
The care of him who bids the thunder roar,
And her', whose fury bathes the world with gore,"
•* Father ! not so" (sage Ithacus rcjoin'd)
** The gifU of Heaven are of a nobler kind.
Of Thracian lineage are the steeds ye view.
Whose hostile king the brave Tydides slew ;
Sleeping he died, withal! his guards around.
And twelve beside lay gasping on the ground.
These other spoils from conquer'd Doldn came,
A wretch, whose swiftness was his only fome.
By Hector sent our forces to explore,
He now lies headkss on the sandy shore."
Then o'er the trench the botinding coursers flcw;
The joyful Greeks with loud acclaim pursue.
Straight to Tydides' high pavillion borne.
The matchless steeds his ample stall adorn :
The neighing coursers their new fellows greet.
And the full racks are heaped with generous wheat.
But Dolon's armour, to his shii)s coavcy'd.
High on the painted stem Ulysses laid,
A trophy di'sfin'd to the blue-cy'd maid.
Now from nocturnal sweat, and sanguine sUiIn,
They cleanse their bodies in tho n'jighbourinjj
maiu :
Then in the polish'd bath, rofnsh'J from toil,
Tbeir joints they supple with ilissglviog oil«
* Miriirva.
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In AiA repMt indulge the gfvjuA hoar.
And first to Pallas the libations pour:
They tit, rejoicing in her aid divine,
And the cv9«n'd goble^ foama wi^ fl^odi <)f fi^
THB IMAIJi
Ipox Zif
ARGUME^.
fUt tuVjlf* lATfM, ^HD T«« ACT! |^ AO^kHtlfVO)! .
4eAMtM^oir, harhig armed himaeH; leads the Gre-
cians to battle : Hector prepares the lYoians to
ireedte them {While Jupiter, Juno, u^ Mfnerva,
vive the signals of war. Agamemnon bears all
before him; and Hector b commanded by Ju-
piter (who sends Iris for that purpose) to decline
the engagement, till the king shall be wounded
and retire from the field He then makes a
aivat slaughter of the enemy ; Ulysses and
Diomed put a stop to him for a time $ but the
latter being wounded by Paris, is abliged to
desert his companion, who is encompassed by
the Trojans, wounded, and in the utmost danger,
till Menelaiis and Ajax rescue him. Hector
comes against Ajax; but that hero alone op-
. poses multitudes, and rallies the Greeks. In
the mean time Machaon, in the other wing of
the army, is pierced with an arrow by Paris,
and carried from the fight in Ne«tor*s chariot
Achilles (who overlooked the action from his
ihip*) sent Patroclus to inquire which of the
Greeks was wounded in that manner? Nestor
entertains him in his tent with an account of the
accidents of the day. and a long recital of some
former wars which he remember jd, tending to
put Patroclus upon persuading Achilles to ^^t
for his countrymen, or at le^^t permit him to do
it, clad in Achilles' armour. Patroclus in his re-
turn meets Furypylus ^\M wounded, and assists
him in that distress.
This book opens « ith the eight and twentieth day
of the poem ; and the same day, with its Tarious
actions and adventures, is extended through the
twelfUi, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, six-
teenth, sevtnteenth, and part of the eighteenth
books. The scene lies in the Md, near the mo*
numtat of Uiik
Tif« saflhm Mom, with ertrly blushes tpre^^
Utow rose refolgent Ox>m Tithoniiis* bed ;
With new-bom day to gladden mortal sight.
And' gild the courU of Heaven with sacred light:
When baleful Eris, sent by Joyces command.
The torch of discord blaxini: in her hand.
Through the red skies her bloody sign extenda.
And, wrapl Iti tempests. o*«r the fleet desceadt.
High on Ulysses* bark, her horrid stand
^he took, and thnnderM thiDogh the y tjiini ll Mi d .
Bvhi Aj^ and A«1hBft|li0««l tl|i tmpf.
Whose fbipt, remote, the gi«^ed Bfvy %fBi9rf>
Th«soe jkl^ blAck Fury th(oo|li tb« Grecian throi||
With l^ofiour founds tke load Ortl|iMfO«|:
The nary fbakas, and at Hia dire f|anni
Each bofom boila, efcb wavfTor itifti ip warn
Hon '
Bat I
narathey sigh, Jufkciouf to ratop,
breathe raveage, aod fof the oqaib ^t fMif%
JThe khy «r ma« bb ?Mplr bpit ii«|iil9a
d, frHhgi
With kwd oonaiawl, frHh graat eMmfe firifi
Himfelfllntroaa, bioMilf before t^a rfit
IBs nighlty 4aib« m |pad|ant armopr drart.
And first be cas'd hk maal/ kn ^loimd
In ahiMiif greaves, with sihref ^iidtW bowidt
TIm beammg cuitms next adon|*4 bit breast.
The tame which once luig OmfH^ posaeft:
(Hie fome of Greeoe and her apanoMed boet
Had reached that monarch on tba <%pr^* e«^{
*Twas then, the friendship of the chief tq gain.
This gkmoas gift he sent, nor sent hi vain.}' "
Ten row* of aiare itcel the work infold, ' '
Twice tan of tin, and twelve 6f dnctile cold |
Three glitteriag dragons to the gorget fite,
Whose imitated scales, against the skies
Reflected varions light, and arching bow*d,
like coloured rainbows o'er a showery cloud
(JoYe's wondrous Ikiw, of tkree celestial dye^
Plac'd as a sign to man amid the skiea.)
A radiant baldric, o'er his shoulderty'd,
Su»tain'd the swoird that glitterM at M* iide s
Gold was the hilt, a silver sheath encased
The shining blade, and golden hangers grac'd.
His buckler^s mighty orb was next display^.
That round the warrior cast a dreadful shade ;
Ten zones of brass its ample brim surround,
And t» ice ten bosses the bright convex crownM ^
Tremendous Gorgon frown'd upon iti field.
And circling terrours filPd th* expressive sjiieldl
Within its concave hung a silver thong.
On which a mimicserpent creeps along;
His axure length in easy waves extends,
nil hi three heads th' embroider'd monster ends^
Last o'er his brows his fourfold helm he ptac'd^
With noddmg horse-hair form^bly grao'd I
And in his hands two steely javelins ^rieldf,
That Maze to Heaven, and lighten ail the fields.
lliat instant Juno and the martial maid
In happy thunders promis'd Greece their aid ;
High o*er the chief tbejr clashed their arms in atr f
Aiid, leaning from the cloods, expeot ^ war.
Close to the limito of the trench and ifMrnnd^
Tite fiery coofsers to their charipts boniid
The sqoises restrain'd : the foot with tl^ose whp
The lijditer arms, rush forward to the field, [wield
To second these, ia closa array combio*d.
Hie squadrons spread their sahid wings behiad-
Now shouts Md tumults wake tl|e. tardy Sun, '
As with the light the warrior^ toils begun.
Ev*n Jove, whossi thuod^ spoke his wnit|L diftp'd
Red drops of bl^od o'er all tlja fotid 1^1
The woes of men nnwilliof to'snrver,'
Aad all tbe slanghters tl^at oMMi ftaiii the day»
Near lbs' foid>, iiKyrder raiig'd ijioaad.
The l^qiaii jioes possessed the rinng gnmnd t
There wise' n^ydamas and Heotor stoo<( »
.Cneas, honour'd as a* guardian god i'
Bold Mybtif, Afenor the divine,' *
The broUier wairmrs of Aotenoi'sliiie ;
With youthful Acamas, whase beaiileinis fift
i^ fiur pr^p^rtte maU^M th" a0ff(M fP^
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Onat Rector tanned with tiltip«ckmt ibiald,
PUef ail the troopc, and octlen all the field.
As the red itar now ihowt hn laofouM fires
Throofh the dark doods, and aow in ni|^ retirea;
That thrpQgh the ranks appear'd the fod-like man,
Pfans'd in the rear, or blazhig in the van ;
While streamy sparkles, reatlcss as he fika,
Fhih from his anna as lightning from the skies.
As sweating reapers in soine wealthy field,
Raag'd m two bands, their crooked weapons wield,
Bear down the furrows, tilt their laboors meet;
Tlucfc falls the heapy harvest at their feet :
So Greece and Troy the fi^ of war divide,
Aod fidlmg ranks are 8trow*d on every side.
None stoop'd n thought to base inglorioas flight ;
Bat hone to horse, and man to man, they fight.
Not rabid wdveft more fierce cootett their prey ;
EMh wonnda, each hleeds, but none resign the
day.
Kicord with joy the scene of death deseriea.
And drinks lar^ slaughter at her sanguine eyes:
Pisoard alone, of all th' immortal train,
Swells the red horroura of this direful plain : *
Ihegads in pence their golden mansioos fill,
Bsog'd in bright order oik th' Olympian hill ;
Bit general mnrmuri told their grielb above,
Apd each accot'd the partial wilTof Jove,
msnwhile apart, superior, and alone,
TV eternal mooauch on bis awful throne,
Wnpt mthe binse of boundless glory sate ;
And, fix>d, fulfilled the just decrees offirte.
Od Earth he tumM his all-considering eyes.
And naried the tpot wh .re llion*s towers arise ;
Ihe ssa with sUps, the fields with armies ^re«d,
fbe victor's rage, the dying and the dead
Thus while the morning-beams increasing bright
O'er Heaven% pure azure spread the glowing
. Kght,
Comisutual death the &te of war conf>ttnds,
£ach sdvcfse buttle gor'd with equal wounds.
Bat aow (what time in some sequestcr'd x-ale,
1^ veary woodinan spreads his sparing meal,
When his tir'd arms refuse the axe to rear.
And claim a respite from the sylvan war ;
But not tin half the prostrate forest lay
StrelehM in long ruin, and exposM to day)
Then, nor till then, the Greeks* impulsive might
f^enM the black phalanx, and let in the light
Crest Igamemnon then the slaughter led.
And slew Bicoor at his people^s h^ :
^^HioK squire Oilraa, with a sudden spring,
l^p*d fiom tha dhariot to reweoge his king ;
Hit in his fimat he fiedt the &tal wound.
Which pierced hmbfain, and sti^Ach'd him on the
ground.
AtridesapqiPd, and left hfm on the Rlain:
Vsta was their y«»*k. tWr gl»tten«^ vmow
vain:
Kowsoa'it with dost, and naked to the sky,
T^sir mowy fiahs and i^eaakaqus bodies lie.
T>ai>sonsor Priam nexttol^attle move, '
The product onaafmarriaffe, one of lave!
h the same ear the hvothef waff KHs ride,
This took the ebarg^taeomb^ thattogvide:
l^othertask, thsin vboi they want to keep,
Ob Ida's tops their luher*s deecy sheep !
TheKca the mooalaias once Achilles fbund,
Aadcsptivekd, with pSaat osier* bound ;
TVa h> their sire fcr ample sums restoc'd;
Bot at^ h( perish Iff Atridet* ^f^rd f
PiarcM hi the breast the hutJkon Isus Meeds t
Clelt throagh the head, his brother's fhte socceeda.
Swift to the spoil the hasty victor fhlU,
And stript, their fMarss to hb mind rtealls.
The Trqians see tha yoQths untimely die,
But hHplam tremble Ibr themsetwas, and fly.
So when a lion nmgfaig 6*ar tha lavni.
Finds, on some grassy lair, the coaehing fiiwns.
Their bones be cradcs, their Wiskhig vitals draws.
And grinds tha oalvfring fiaih with bloody jaws ;
The fir^ted hittd haboMs, and daias not stay,
But swift through rastling thickets bursts her way^
All drown*d hi sweat the panting mother flies,
And the big tears roll trickling from her eyes.
Amidst the tumult o^ the routed train.
The sons of false Aatimarhos were slain;
He, who for bribes his fhithleas counsels sold.
And voted Helen's stay for Paris' gidd
Atrides mark'd, 9m these Mieir safety sotight.
And slew the ehildien fer the fhther's fhutt ;
Their headstrong horse onaUe to restrain,
They shook with fear, and dropp'd the silken rein^
Then in their chariot on their knees they fall.
And thus with lifted hands for mercy call :
** Oh spare our youth, and for the life we owe*
Antimachus shall copkHis gifts bestow ;
f^oon as he hear^, that not in battle slain.
The Grecian ships hb captive sons detain.
Large heapsof brass in ransom shall be told.
And steel well<t*fmper'd, «and persuasive gold.**
These words, attended with a flood of teaia.
The youths addressed tc^unrehmting ears :
The vengeful monarch^gave this stern reply-**
** If from Antimachus ye spring, ye die :
The daring wretch who onoe in council stood
To shed CTIysses' and my brother's blood,
For profler*d peaoe ! aiid sues hb seed for grace ?
No, die, and pay the forfeit of your race.'*
This said, Pisander firom the car he cast,
And pierc'd hb breast : supine he breath'd hb last;
His brother leap'd to earth ; hut as he lay,
The trenchant falchion lopp'd his hands afray* ;
Hbsever'd head was toss d among the throng.
And, rolling, drew a bloudy train along.
Then, where the thickest fought the victor flew ;
The king's eiample alt his Greeks pursue.
Now by the foot the flying foot were slain.
Horse trod by horse, lay foaming on the plain.
From the dry fields thick douds of dost arise.
Shade the black host, and intercept the skies.
The brass-hoof 'd steeds tumultuous plunge an4
And the thick thunder beats the labouring ground.
Still slaughtering on, the king of men proceed* ;
The diatanc'd army wonders at hifi liecds.
As whea the winds with raging flam'-s i^onspirc.
And o'er the forests roll the flood of fire.
In blazing heaps the grt/vc's old honours fall,
And on^ refulgent ruin levels all ;
Before Atrides' rage so sink;^ the foe,
Whole souadroos vanish, and proud hcack lie lows
The steeds fly treinbling from hb waving sword ;
And maay a car, now lighted of its lord.
Wide o'er the fi Id with guideiess fury rolls.
Breaking their ranks, and crushing out their souls •
While his keen falchion drinks the warriors'
lives;
More gratcAil, now, to vi] hires than their wives ?
V> rhaps great Hector thpn had found his fate,
ISi^t Jpve and Destiny prolonged his date.
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Safo froaHlie darts, Um am «r HMven he stood,
Amidti almrms, and death, and dust, and blood.
Nov past the tomb where ancieDt Has lay,
Throogh the mid field the routed urge their way ;
Where the wild %s th' a^joii^ioff summit crown,
That path they talte, and speed to reach the town.
As swtft Atrides with loud shouts pursued,
Hot with his toil, and bath*d m hostile blood,
Now near the beech-tree, and the Scsean gates.
The hero halts, and his associates waits.
Mteanwhile on ererr side, around the plain,
BispersM, disordd^d, fly the Irojan train :
So flies a herd of beeves, that here dismayed
The lion's roaring through the midnight shad«|
On heaps they tumble with successless haste :
The sarage seixes, draws, and rends the last :
Not with less fury stem Atrides flew,
Still pressM the rout, and stUl the hindmost slew;
Huri'd from their cars, tb« bravest chie& are kilPd,
And rage, and death, and carnage, load the field.
Now storms the victor at the Trcgan wall ;
Sorvejrs the towers, and meditates their fall.
But Jov6 descending, shook th* Idsean hills.
And down their smnmits pour'd a hundred rills:
Th* nnkindled lightnings in his hand he took.
And thus the many«KX»lottr'd maid be^ioke :
'* Iris, with haste thy golden wings display.
To godlike Hector this our word convey^
WhUe Agamemnon wastes the ranks around,
Fights in the front, and ^^thes with blood the
ground,
Bid him give way; but issue forth conunands.
And trust the war to less important hands ,
But when, or wounded by the spear or dart.
That chief shall mount his chariot, and depart :
Then Jove shall string his arm, and fire hia breast.
Than to her ships shall flying Greece be press'd.
Till to the main the burning Sun descend.
And sacred Night her awful shade extendi"
He spoke, and Iris at his word obeyM ;
On wings of winds descends the various maid.
The diMf she found amidst the ranks of war,
Close to the bulwarks, on his elittering car.
The goddess then : *' O son of Priam, hear!
From Jove I come, and his high mandate bear —
Vliile Agamemnon wastes the ranks around.
Fights in the front, and bathes with blood the
ground.
Abstain from fight ; yet issue forth commands.
And trust the war to less important hands.
But when, or wounded by the spear or dart.
The chief shall mount his chariot, and depart :
Then Jove shall string thy acm, and fire thy breast.
Then to her ships ^hall fljring Greece be prest.
Till to the main the burning Sun descend.
And sacred Night her awful shade extend,"
She said, and vanished : Hector with a bound,
Springa from his chariot on jthe trembling ground.
In clanging arms : he grasps in either haoj
A pointed lance, and speeds from band to band ;
Revives their ardour, turns tbeir steps from flight.
And wakes anew the dying flames of fight
They stand to arms : the Greeks their onset dare.
Condense their powers, and wait the coming war.
New force, new spirits, to each breast returns ;
The fight renewM with fiercer fury bums:
The king leads on ; all fix on him their eye.
And learn from him to conquer, or to die.
Ye sacred Nine, celestial Muses ! tell,
Whb iac'd him first, and by his prowess fell !
The great Iphidamas, |fie bold and young.
From sage Antenor and Tbeano sprung ;
Whom from his youth his grandsire Cisseus brod.
And nurs'd in Thrace, where snowy flocks are fed.
Scarce did the down his rosy cheeks invest.
And early honour warm his generous breast.
When the kind sire consignM hjs daughter's
(Theano's sister) to bis youthful arms. [charms
But caird by glory to the wars of Troy,
He leaves untasted the first firuits of jo^ ;
From his lov*d bride departs with meltmg eyes.
And swift to aid his dearer country flies.
With twelve black ships he reach'd Percopc's
strand,
Thenoe took the long laborious march by land*
Now fierce for fame before the ranks he springs.
Towering in arms, and braves the king of kings.
Atrides first discharged the missive spear;
The Trojan stooped, the javelin passM in air.
Then near the corselet, at the monarch's heart.
With all his strength, the youth directs his dart :
But the broad belt, with plates of silver bound,
"Qie point rebated, and repelPd the wound.
Encumbered with the dart, Atrides stands,
Till, graspM with force, he wrench'd it from bis
hands.
At once his weighty sword discharged a wound
Full on his neck, that fellM him to the ground.
Stretched in the dust th* unhappy warrior lies.
And sleep eternal seals his swimmiDg eyes.
Oh worthy better fate ! oh early slain !
Thy conntry's friend ; and virtuous> though in vsun !
No more the youth shall join his consort's side.
At once a virgin, and at once a bride !
No mate with presents her embraces meet.
Or lay the spoils of conquest at her feet.
On whom bis passion, lavish of his store,
Bestow'd so much, and vainly promised more !
Unwept, uncovered, on the plain he lay.
While the proud victor bore bis arms away.
Cocki, Antenor's eldest hope, was nigh :
Tears, at the sight, came starting from his eyo.
While pierced with grief the much-lovM youUi he
viewM,
And the pale features, now defbrm'd with blood :
Then with his spear, unseen, his time he took,
Aim'd at the king, and near his elbow strook.
The thrilling steel transpierced the brawny part.
And through his arm stood forth the barbed dart.
Surprised the monarch feels, yet void of fear
On Co5n rushes with his lifted spear :
His brother's corpse the pious Trojan draws.
And calls his country to assert his cause,
<Pefends him breathless on the sanguine field.
And o*er the body spreads his ample shield.
Atrides, marking an unguarded part,
Transfix'd the warrior with the brazen dart ;
Prone on his brother's bleeding breast he lay.
The monarches falchion loppM his head away :
The social shades the same dark journey go,
And join' each other in the realms below.
: The vengeful victor rages round the fields.
With every w'eapon art or fury yields :
By the long lance, the sword, or ponderoos stone^
Whole ranks are broken, and whole troops o*er*
thrown.
This, while yet warm, distilVd the purple flood ;
But when the wound grew stiflT with clotted blood.
Then grinding tortures his strong bosom rend.
Less keen thMt darts the fierce llythise send
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(The povert tbat cause tbeteemiBr mtron't fbroM,
Sad mochen of umittenible woet T )
StDBg with the MMrt, aU-|Miitiiif with tbe pun.
He mounts the car, and gives bis squire the rain :
Thea with a \-oice which fury OMide more strong,
Aad ptin augmented, thus exhorts the throng :
** O friends! O Greeks ! assert yonr honoura
Proceed, and finish what this arm begun : [won,
Lo! angry Jove forbids yonr chief to stay.
And envies half the glories of the day."
He said ; the driver whirls his leogthful thong ;
The horses fly! the chariot smokes along.
Qouds from their nostrils the fierce coursers blow,
Aod from thdr sides the foam desoends in snow;
Shot through the battle in a moment's space.
The woinded monarch at his tent they place.
No sooner Hector saw the king retired.
But thus his Trojans and his aids he firM :
" Hear, all ye Dardan, all ye Lycian race !
FamM in close fight, aod dreadful face to face.
Now call to mind 3roar ancient trophies won.
Your great forefistheis' virtues, and your own.
Behold the general flies ! deserts his powers 1
Lo, Jove himself declares the conquest ours !
Now OD yon ranks impel your foaming steeds;
Aod, sure of glory, dnxt immortal deeds."
With words like these the fiery chief alarms
His fainting host, and every bosom warms.
iU the bold hunter cheers his hounds, to tear
The brindled lion, or the tusky bear ;
With voice and hand provoke their doubting heart,