Aeneid
Virgil
Vergil. The Aeneid of Virgil. Williams, Theodore, C, translator. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1910.
- The Trojans peering from the lofty walls
- survey the foe, and arm for sure defence
- of every point exposed. They prove the gates
- with fearful care, bind bridge with tower, and bring
- good store of javelins. Serestus bold
- and Mnestheus to their labors promptly fly,
- whom Sire Aeneas bade in time of stress
- to have authority and free command
- over his warriars. Along the walls
- the legions, by the cast of lots, divide
- the pain and peril, giving each his due
- of alternating vigil and repose.