Medulla Poetarum Romanorum Or, the Most Beautiful and Instructive Passages of the Roman Poets. Being a Collection, (Disposed under proper Heads,) Of such Descriptions, Allusions, Comparisons, Characters, and Sentiments, as may best serve to shew the Religion, Learning, Politicks, Arts, Customs, Opinions, Manners, and Circumstances of the Antients. With Translations of the same in English Verse. By Mr. Henry Baker |
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Fantom.
See Ghost.
Then (wondrous to behold!) the Goddess armsA visionary Fantom, light, and vain,
From a thin Cloud, chang'd to Æneas' Shape:
Decks it with Trojan Darts: his Shield, and Crest,
And all the Honours of his God-like Head
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And forms its Steps, and Manner, as it walks.
Such Figures, as tis said, departed Ghosts
Flutt'ring assume: or mimic Dreams by Night.
In the first Van th' exulting Shade provokes
The Hero, and with Darts, and Voice defies.
Turnus advances fierce: and hurls from far
A whistling Lance: The recreant Spirit flies.
Close to the Covert of a lofty Rock
A Ship by Chance there stood, with Ladders hung,
And Bridges laid: To this with hasty Steps,
The trembling Image of Æneas flies,
And in its Hatches lurks. With Haste no less
Turnus pursues, all Obstacles surmounts,
And passes o'er the Bridges: When the Deck
He scarce had reach'd, Saturnia bursts the Cords,
And speeds the Vessel thro' the rolling Deep.
—And now the mimic Form
No longer lurks conceal'd: but mounts in Air
Aloft, and mingles with a dusky Cloud;
While Turnus in mid Ocean wasted sails.—
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