Aeneid

Virgil

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

  1. Nor was Praeneste's founder absent there,
  2. by Vulcan sired, among the herds and hinds,
  3. and on a hearth-stone found (so runs the tale
  4. each pious age repeats) King Caeculus
  5. with rustic legions gathered from afar:
  6. from steep Praeneste and the Gabian vale
  7. to Juno dear, from Anio's cold stream,
  8. from upland Hernic rocks and foaming rills,
  9. from rich Anagnia's pastures, and the plain
  10. whence Amasenus pours his worshipped wave.
  11. Not all of armor boast, and seldom sound
  12. the chariot and shield; but out of slings
  13. they hurl blue balls of lead, or in one hand
  14. a brace of javelins bear; pulled o'er their brows
  15. are hoods of tawny wolf-skin; as they march
  16. the left foot leaves a barefoot track behind,
  17. a rawhide sandal on the right they wear.