PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON; R. BALDWIN; F. AND C. RIVINGTON; NEIS, BOOK IX. ARGUMENT. Turnus takes advantage of Æneas's absence, fires some of his ships (which are transformed into sea-nymphs), and assaults his camp. The Trojans, reduced to the last extremities, send Nisus and Euryalus to recall Æneas; which furnishes the poet with that admirable episode of their friendship, generosity, and the conclusion of their adventures. WHILE these affairs in distant places pass'd, And op'd her rosy lips, and thus began: 5 "What none of all the gods could grant thy vowsThat, Turnus, this auspicious day bestows. Æneas, gone to seek th' Arcadian prince, 10 This said, on equal wings she pois'd her weight, 15 And form'd a radiant rainbow in her flight. The Daunian hero lifts his hands and eyes, And thus invokes the goddess as she flies: 66 Iris, the grace of heav'n! what pow'r divine 19 Has sent thee down, through dusky clouds to shine? See, they divide: immortal day appears, And glitt'ring planets dancing in their spheres! And follow, to the war, the god that leads the way." Now march the bold confed'rates through the plain, |