Aeneid

Virgil

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

  1. While thus the Lemnian god his labor sped
  2. in far Aeolian isle, the cheerful morn
  3. with voice of swallows round his lowly eaves
  4. summoned Evander. From his couch arose
  5. the royal sire, and o'er his aged frame
  6. a tunic threw, tying beneath his feet
  7. the Tuscan sandals: an Arcadian sword,
  8. girt at his left, was over one shoulder slung,
  9. his cloak of panther trailing from behind.
  10. A pair of watch-dogs from the lofty door
  11. ran close, their lord attending, as he sought
  12. his guest Aeneas; for his princely soul
  13. remembered faithfully his former word,
  14. and promised gift. Aeneas with like mind
  15. was stirring early. King Evander's son
  16. Pallas was at his side; Achates too
  17. accompanied his friend. All these conjoin
  18. in hand-clasp and good-morrow, taking seats
  19. in midcourt of the house, and give the hour
  20. to converse unrestrained. First spoke the King: