Roman! be thine the sovereign arts of sway

O! trust not to the horse, my Trojan Friends! Whate'er it means, it means but to deceive. I dread the Grecians even when they give.

Dire lust of gold! how mighty thy controll To bend to crime man's impotence of soul!

Hard is the task, O Queen! that you impose, To tear my bosom with reviving woes.

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Arms, and the man who first, by Fate's command, From Ilion flying, sought Italia's strand, And gain'd Lavinium, are my themes of song. Long toss'd by waves, on land he suffer'd long: From power supernal, such his doom of woe; Pursued by …

And while the memory of self remains, While life's warm spirit quickens in my veins, Still shall your worth be treasured in my breast; And still Elissa's virtues be confess'd.