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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: N E I S, BOOK XII. ARGUMENT. Turnus challenges JEneas to a single combat: articles are agreed on, but broken by the Rutuli, luho wound jEneas. He is miraculously cured by Venus, forces Turnus to a duel, and concludes the poem with his death. When Turnus saw the Latins leave the field, Their armies broken, and their courage quell'd, Himself become the mark of public spite, His honour question'd for the promised fight? The more he was with vulgar hate oppress'd, The more his fury boil'd within his breast: He roused his vigour for the last debate, And raised his haughty soul, to meet his fate. As, when the swains the Libyan lion chase, He makes a sour retreat, nor mends his pace; But, if the pointed javelin pierce his side, The lordly beast returns with double pride: He wrenches out the steel, he roars for pain, His sides he lashes, and erects his mane: So Turnus fares: his eye-balls flash with fire; Through his wide nostrils clouds of smoke expire. Trembling with rage, around the court he ran, At length approach'd the king, and thus began: ? No more excuses or delays: I stand 1 In arms prepared to combat, hand to hand, This base deserter of his native land. ) The Trojan, by his word, is bound to take The same conditions which himself did make. Renew the truce; the solemn rites prepare, And to my single virtue trust the war. The Latians unconcern'd shall see the fight: This arm unaided shall assert your right: Then, if my prostrate body press the plain, To him the crown and beauteous bride remain. To whom the king sedately thus replied: ? Brave youth the more your valour has been tried, The more becomes it us, with due respect, To weigh the chance of war, which you neglect. You want not wealth, or a successive throne, Or cities which your arms h...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217402958 |
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| ISBN-10 | 021740295X |
| Weight | 1.02 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.70 In |
| List Price | $22.16 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 314 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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