 | Ovid's metamorphoses in fifteen books |  |
The Voyage of Æneas continued.
Here bulg'd the Pride of fam'd Ulysses' Fleet,
But good Æneas 'scap'd the Fate he met.
As to the Latian Shore the Trojan stood,
And cut with well-timd Oars the foaming Flood:
He weather'd fell Charybdis: But e're long
The Skies were darken'd, and the Tempest strong.
Then to the Libyan Coast he stretches o'er;
And makes at length the Carthaginian Shore.
Here Dido, with an hospitable Care,
Into her Heart receives the Wanderer.
From her kind Arms th'ungrateful Hero flies;
The injur'd Queen looks on with dying Eyes,
Then to her Folly falls a Sacrifice.
But good Æneas 'scap'd the Fate he met.
As to the Latian Shore the Trojan stood,
And cut with well-timd Oars the foaming Flood:
He weather'd fell Charybdis: But e're long
The Skies were darken'd, and the Tempest strong.
Then to the Libyan Coast he stretches o'er;
And makes at length the Carthaginian Shore.
Here Dido, with an hospitable Care,
Into her Heart receives the Wanderer.
From her kind Arms th'ungrateful Hero flies;
The injur'd Queen looks on with dying Eyes,
Then to her Folly falls a Sacrifice.
Æneas now sets Sail, and plying gains
Fair Eryx, where his Friend Acestes reigns:
First to his Sire does fun'ral Rites decree,
Then gives the Signal next, and stands to Sea;
Out-runs the Islands where Volcano's roar;
Gets clear of Syrens, and their faithless Shoar:
But looses Palynurus in the Way;
Then makes Inarime and Prochyta.
Fair Eryx, where his Friend Acestes reigns:
First to his Sire does fun'ral Rites decree,
Then gives the Signal next, and stands to Sea;
Out-runs the Islands where Volcano's roar;
Gets clear of Syrens, and their faithless Shoar:
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Then makes Inarime and Prochyta.
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