Aeneid

Virgil

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

  1. Aeneas ceased. The other long had scanned
  2. the hero's face, his eyes, and wondering viewed
  3. his form and mien divine; in answer now
  4. he briefly spoke: “With hospitable heart,
  5. O bravest warrior of all Trojan-born,
  6. I know and welcome thee. I well recall
  7. thy sire Anchises, how he looked and spake.
  8. For I remember Priam, when he came
  9. to greet his sister, Queen Hesione,
  10. in Salamis, and thence pursued his way
  11. to our cool uplands of Arcadia.
  12. The bloom of tender boyhood then was mine,
  13. and with a wide-eyed wonder I did view
  14. those Teucrian lords, Laomedon's great heir,
  15. and, towering highest in their goodly throng,
  16. Anchises, whom my warm young heart desired
  17. to speak with and to clasp his hand in mine.
  18. So I approached, and joyful led him home
  19. to Pheneus' olden wall. He gave me gifts
  20. the day he bade adieu; a quiver rare
  21. filled with good Lycian arrows, a rich cloak
  22. inwove with thread of gold, and bridle reins
  23. all golden, now to youthful Pallas given.
  24. Therefore thy plea is granted, and my hand
  25. here clasps in loyal amity with thine.
  26. To-morrow at the sunrise thou shalt have
  27. my tribute for the war, and go thy way
  28. my glad ally. But now this festival,
  29. whose solemn rite 't were impious to delay,
  30. I pray thee celebrate, and bring with thee
  31. well-omened looks and words. Allies we are!
  32. Use this our sacred feast as if your own.”