FRAGMENT. 24! 



LauFentùmque minis et duro mota tumultu, 



V<tksnttm alloquitiTT, thalamoque hsec conjugis aure» 



Jncipit, et diéVis diviniim afpirat amorem : 



Dum bello Argolici vaftabant Pergama reges 



Débita, cafurafque inimicis ignibus arces : 



Non ullum auxilium miferis, non arma rogavi 



Artis opifque tuae ; nec te, cariffime conjux, 



IncafFumve tuos volui exercefe labores, 



Quamvis et Priami deberem plurima natis, 



Et durum JEneae fleviflèm fepe laboremé 



Nunc, 



When Venus, (trembling at the dire alarms 

 Of hoftile Latium, and her fons in arms,) 

 In thofe ftill moments, thus to Vulcan faid, 

 Reclin'd and leaning on the golden bed : 

 (Her thrilling words her melting confort move> 

 And every accent fans the flames of love :) 



When cruel Greece and unrelenting Fate 

 Confpir'd to fink in duft the Trojan flate, 

 As Ilion's doom was feal'd, I ne'er implor'd 

 In thofe long wars, the labours of my lord ; 

 Nor urg'd my dear, dear confort to impart, 

 For a loft empire, his immortal art ; 

 Tho' Priam\ royal offspring claim'd my care, 

 Tho' much I forrow'd for my godlike heir. 

 Now as the Chief, by Jcve's fupreme command, 

 Has reach'd, at length, the deftin'd Latian land j 

 To thee, my guardian power, for aid I run ; 

 A Goddefs begs; a mother for a fon. 

 Oh ! guard the hero from thefe dire alarms, 

 Forge, for the Chief, impenetrable arms. 

 See, what proud cities every hand employ. 

 To arm new holts againfl the fons of Troy ; 

 ■VOL. v. & On 



