Aeneid

Virgil

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

  1. But Lausus, seeing such a hero slain,
  2. bade his troop have no fear, for he himself
  3. was no small strength in war; and first he slew
  4. Abas, who fought hard, and had ever seemed
  5. himself the sticking-point and tug of war.
  6. Down went Arcadia's warriors, and slain
  7. etruscans fell, with many a Trojan brave
  8. the Greek had spared. Troop charges upon troop
  9. well-matched in might, with chiefs of like renown;
  10. the last rank crowds the first;—so fierce the press
  11. scarce hand or sword can stir. Here Pallas stands,
  12. and pushes back the foe; before him looms
  13. Lausus, his youthful peer, conspicuous both
  14. in beauty; but no star will them restore
  15. to home and native land. Yet would the King
  16. of high Olympus suffer not the pair
  17. to close in battle, but each hero found
  18. a later doom at hands of mightier foes.