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Dido asks Aeneas to recount the history of his adventures since the siege of Troy [1]. She desires to hear the story of his woes, the name and fortune of his native place, and the fame and valor of the Phrygian race [4].
Aeneas, with sorrow streaming from his eyes and deeply sighing, responds that if he were to run through the tedious annals of his fate and the train of woes, the day would sooner be done than the tale [2]. He mentions that they were expelled by force from ancient Troy and tossed by various tempests on various seas, at length landing on the Libyan coast [2]. He identifies himself as Aeneas, a name not unknown to fame while Fortune favored him [2]. He then proceeds to tell the listening queen the story of his wand'ring course and all his toils [3].
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to Carthage, where he sees his friends whom he thought lost, and receives a kind entertainment from the queen. Dido, by device of Venus, begins to have a passion for him, and, after some discourse with him, desires the history of his adventures since the siege of Troy, which is the subject of the two following books. Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc’d by fate, And haughty Juno’s unrelenting hate, Expell’d and exil’d, left the Trojan shore. Long labours, both by sea and land, he bore, And in the doubtful war, before he won The…
malion’s treasure left behind. The vessels, heavy laden, put to sea With prosp’rous winds; a woman leads the way. I know not, if by stress of weather driv’n, Or was their fatal course dispos’d by Heav’n; At last they landed, where from far your eyes May view the turrets of new Carthage rise; There bought a space of ground, which Byrsa call’d, From the bull’s hide, they first inclos’d, and wall’d. But whence are you? what country claims your birth? What seek you, strangers, on our Libyan earth?” To whom, with sorrow streaming from his eyes, …
And dire Celaeno, whose foreboding skill Denounc’d all else, was silent of the ill. This my last labour was. Some friendly god From thence convey’d us to your blest abode.” Thus, to the list’ning queen, the royal guest His wand’ring course and all his toils express’d; And here concluding, he retir’d to rest. BOOK IV THE ARGUMENT. Dido discovers to her sister her passion for Aeneas, and her thoughts of marrying him. She prepares a hunting match for his entertainment. Juno, by Venus’ consent, raises a storm, which separates the…
e story of your woes, The name and fortune of your native place, The fame and valour of the Phrygian race? We Tyrians are not so devoid of sense, Nor so remote from Phoebus’ influence. Whether to Latian shores your course is bent, Or, driv’n by tempests from your first intent, You seek the good Acestes’ government, Your men shall be receiv’d, your fleet repair’d, And sail, with ships of convoy for your guard: Or, would you stay, and join your friendly pow’rs To raise and to defend the Tyrian tow’rs, My wealth, my city, and…
iant sun; While trees the mountain tops with shades supply, Your honour, name, and praise shall never die. Whate’er abode my fortune has assign’d, Your image shall be present in my mind.” Thus having said, he turn’d with pious haste, And joyful his expecting friends embrac’d: With his right hand Ilioneus was grac’d, Serestus with his left; then to his breast Cloanthus and the noble Gyas press’d; And so by turns descended to the rest. The Tyrian queen stood fix’d upon his face, Pleas’d with his motions, ravish’d with his…