Aeneid

Virgil

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

  1. Now, from Tithonus' saffron couch set free,
  2. Aurora over many a land outpoured
  3. the rising morn; the sun's advancing beam
  4. unveiled the world; and Turnus to his host
  5. gave signal to stand forth, while he arrayed
  6. himself in glorious arms. Then every chief
  7. awoke his mail-clad company, and stirred
  8. their slumbering wrath with tidings from the foe.
  9. Tumultuously shouting, they impaled
  10. on lifted spears—O pitiable sight! —
  11. the heads of Nisus and Euryalus.
  12. Th' undaunted Trojans stood in battle-line
  13. along the wall to leftward (for the right
  14. the river-front defended) keeping guard
  15. on the broad moat; upon the ramparts high
  16. sad-eyed they stood, and shuddered as they saw
  17. the hero-faces thrust aloft; too well
  18. their loyal grief the blood-stained features knew.