Aeneid

Virgil

Vergil. The Aeneid of Virgil. Williams, Theodore, C, translator. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1910.

  1. Aeneas' wave-worn crew now landward made,
  2. and took the nearest passage, whither lay
  3. the coast of Libya. A haven there
  4. walled in by bold sides of a rocky isle,
  5. offers a spacious and secure retreat,
  6. where every billow from the distant main
  7. breaks, and in many a rippling curve retires.
  8. Huge crags and two confronted promontories
  9. frown heaven-high, beneath whose brows outspread
  10. the silent, sheltered waters; on the heights
  11. the bright and glimmering foliage seems to show
  12. a woodland amphitheatre; and yet higher
  13. rises a straight-stemmed grove of dense, dark shade.
  14. Fronting on these a grotto may be seen,
  15. o'erhung by steep cliffs; from its inmost wall
  16. clear springs gush out; and shelving seats it has
  17. of unhewn stone, a place the wood-nymphs love.
  18. In such a port, a weary ship rides free
  19. of weight of firm-fluked anchor or strong chain.