Aeneid

Virgil

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

  1. The brothers Pandarus and Bitias,
  2. of whom Alcanor was the famous sire,
  3. on Ida born, and whom Iaera bred
  4. in sacred wood of Jove, an oread she,
  5. twin warriors, like their native hills and trees
  6. of stature proud, now burst those portals wide
  7. to them in ward consigned, and sword in hand
  8. challenge the foe to enter. Side by side,
  9. steel-clad, their tall heads in bright crested helms,
  10. to left and right, like towers, the champions stand
  11. as when to skyward, by the gliding waves
  12. of gentle Athesis or Padus wide,
  13. a pair of oaks uprise, and lift in air
  14. their shaggy brows and nodding crests sublime.
  15. In burst the Rutules where the onward way
  16. seemed open wide; Quercens no tarrying knows,
  17. nor proud Aquiculus in well-wrought arms;
  18. Tmarus sweeps on impetuous, and the host
  19. of Haemon, child of Mars. Some routed fly;
  20. some lay their lives-down at the gate. Wild rage
  21. o'erflows each martial breast, and gathered fast
  22. the Trojans rally to one point, and dare
  23. close conflict, or long sallies o'er the plain.