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<strong>©Biblioteca</strong> <strong>Nacional</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Colombia</strong><br />
48 VERGILI AENEIS II.<br />
Teque tuosque jnvat, patet isti janua leto,<br />
J amque a<strong>de</strong>rit multo Priami <strong>de</strong> sanguine Pyrrhus,<br />
Guatum ante ora patris, patl'cm qui obtruneat ad aras.<br />
Hoc erat, alma parens, quod me pcr tela, per ignes<br />
Eripis, ut mecliis hostem in penetralibus, utque 665<br />
Ascanium patremque meum juxtaque Creiisam,<br />
Alterum in alterius mactatos sanguine cernam?<br />
Arma, viri, ferte arma; vocat lux ultima victos!<br />
Reddite me Danais I sinite instaurata revisall1<br />
Proelia I NUll1quam omnes hodie ll10riemur inulti." 670<br />
Hinc ferro aceingor rl1rsus, clipeoque sinistram<br />
Insertabam aptans meque extra teeLa ferebam;<br />
Ecce autem eomplexa pe<strong>de</strong>s in limine conjunx<br />
Haerebat, parvumque patri ten<strong>de</strong>bat Iulum :<br />
"Si periturus abis, et nos rape in omnia tecum; 675<br />
Sin aliquam expertus sumptis spem ponis in armis,<br />
Hane primum tutare domum. Cui parvus Iulus,<br />
Oui pater et eonjunx quondam tua dicta relinquor?"<br />
Talia voeiferans gemitu tectum omne repleba,t,<br />
Quum subitum dietuque oritur mira bile monstrum. 680<br />
N amqne manus inter maestorumque ora parentum<br />
Ecce levis summo <strong>de</strong> vertice visus luli<br />
Fun<strong>de</strong>re lumen apex, tactuque innoxia molles<br />
Lambere flamma comas et circum tempora pasei.<br />
Nos pavidi trepidare metu, criuemquc Uagrantem 685<br />
Excutere et sanctos restinguere fontibus ignes.<br />
At pater Ancbises oeulos ad si<strong>de</strong>ra laetus<br />
Extulit, et caelo palmas cum voce tetendit:<br />
" Jupiter omnipotens. precibus si flecteris ullis,<br />
Aspice nos hoc tantl1m ; et, 5i pietate merernur, 690<br />
Da <strong>de</strong>in<strong>de</strong> auxilium, pater. atque haec omina firma."<br />
Vix ea fatus erat senior, subitoque fragore<br />
Intonuit laevum, et <strong>de</strong> caelo lapsa per ur •• bras<br />
Stella facem ducens multa cum luee cucurrit.<br />
Illam, summa super labentem culmina tecti, 695<br />
Cernimus Idnea claram se con<strong>de</strong>re sil va,<br />
Signantemque vias j tum Iongo limite sulcus<br />
Dat lucem, et late circum Ioca sulful'e fumant.
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