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Aurora, from Tithonus' saffron bed
Now rising, sprinkled over the world with light.
The Aeneis of Virgil, Translated Into Blank Verse (1718)
Her Amazonian files with lunar shields
Penthesilea leads, and in the midst
Of thousand storms, beneath her naked pap
Her golden belt she buckles, warlike maid,
And, though a virgin, dares engage with men.
The Aeneis of Virgil, Translated Into Blank Verse (1718)
Two gates of sleep there are: the one of horn,
Through which with ease the real phantoms pass;
With polished elephant the other shines,
Through which the manes send false dreams to light.
The Aeneis of Virgil, Translated Into Blank Verse (1718)
If Helenus has any skill,
If any faith, and if Apollo right
Inspires his prophet: one thing, goddess-born,
One thing, above the rest, I will advise,
and oft repeat it: with religious prayer
First Juno's deity adore; to her
Pay willing sacrifices, and with vows,
Suppliant, overpower the mighty queen of heaven.
The Aeneis of Virgil, Translated Into Blank Verse (1718)
Confounded with the crowd of various thoughts,
And stiffening with amaze, the hero stood,
In silence deep: within his bosom boils
Disdainful shame, and grief to madness wrought,
And love inflamed with rage, and conscious worth.
The Aeneis of Virgil, Translated Into Blank Verse (1718)