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第1章

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 labors, both by sea and land, he bore, And in the doubtful war, before he won The Latian realm, and built the destin'd town;His banish'd gods restor'd to rites divine, And settled sure succession in his line, From whence the race of Alban fathers come, And the long glories of majestic Rome.

O Muse! the causes and the crimes relate;What goddess was provok'd, and whence her hate;For what offense the Queen of Heav'n began To persecute so brave, so just a man;Involv'd his anxious life in endless cares, Expos'd to wants, and hurried into wars!

Can heav'nly minds such high resentment show, Or exercise their spite in human woe?

Against the Tiber's mouth, but far away, An ancient town was seated on the sea;A Tyrian colony; the people made Stout for the war, and studious of their trade:

Carthage the name; belov'd by Juno more Than her own Argos, or the Samian shore.

Here stood her chariot; here, if Heav'n were kind, The seat of awful empire she design'd.

Yet she had heard an ancient rumor fly, (Long cited by the people of the sky,)That times to come should see the Trojan race Her Carthage ruin, and her tow'rs deface;Nor thus confin'd, the yoke of sov'reign sway Should on the necks of all the nations lay.

She ponder'd this, and fear'd it was in fate;Nor could forget the war she wag'd of late For conqu'ring Greece against the Trojan state.

Besides, long causes working in her mind, And secret seeds of envy, lay behind;Deep graven in her heart the doom remain'd Of partial Paris, and her form disdain'd;The grace bestow'd on ravish'd Ganymed, Electra's glories, and her injur'd bed.

Each was a cause alone; and all combin'd To kindle vengeance in her haughty mind.

For this, far distant from the Latian coast She drove the remnants of the Trojan host;And sev'n long years th' unhappy wand'ring train Were toss'd by storms, and scatter'd thro' the main.

Such time, such toil, requir'd the Roman name, Such length of labor for so vast a frame.

Now scarce the Trojan fleet, with sails and oars, Had left behind the fair Sicilian shores, Ent'ring with cheerful shouts the wat'ry reign, And plowing frothy furrows in the main;When, lab'ring still with endless discontent, The Queen of Heav'n did thus her fury vent:

"Then am I vanquish'd? must I yield?" said she, "And must the Trojans reign in Italy?

So Fate will have it, and Jove adds his force;Nor can my pow'r divert their happy course.

Could angry Pallas, with revengeful spleen, The Grecian navy burn, and drown the men?

She, for the fault of one offending foe, The bolts of Jove himself presum'd to throw:

With whirlwinds from beneath she toss'd the ship, And bare expos'd the bosom of the deep;Then, as an eagle gripes the trembling game, The wretch, yet hissing with her father's flame, She strongly seiz'd, and with a burning wound Transfix'd, and naked, on a rock she bound.

But I, who walk in awful state above, The majesty of heav'n, the sister wife of Jove, For length of years my fruitless force employ Against the thin remains of ruin'd Troy!

What nations now to Juno's pow'r will pray, Or off'rings on my slighted altars lay?"Thus rag'd the goddess; and, with fury fraught.

The restless regions of the storms she sought, Where, in a spacious cave of living stone, The tyrant Aeolus, from his airy throne, With pow'r imperial curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds.

This way and that th' impatient captives tend, And, pressing for release, the mountains rend.

High in his hall th' undaunted monarch stands, And shakes his scepter, and their rage commands;Which did he not, their unresisted sway Would sweep the world before them in their way;Earth, air, and seas thro' empty space would roll, And heav'n would fly before the driving soul.

In fear of this, the Father of the Gods Confin'd their fury to those dark abodes, And lock'd 'em safe within, oppress'd with mountain loads;Impos'd a king, with arbitrary sway, To loose their fetters, or their force allay.

To whom the suppliant queen her pray'rs address'd, And thus the tenor of her suit express'd:

"O Aeolus! for to thee the King of Heav'n The pow'r of tempests and of winds has giv'n;Thy force alone their fury can restrain, And smooth the waves, or swell the troubled main-A race of wand'ring slaves, abhorr'd by me, With prosp'rous passage cut the Tuscan sea;To fruitful Italy their course they steer, And for their vanquish'd gods design new temples there.

Raise all thy winds; with night involve the skies;Sink or disperse my fatal enemies.

Twice sev'n, the charming daughters of the main, Around my person wait, and bear my train:

Succeed my wish, and second my design;

The fairest, Deiopeia, shall be thine, And make thee father of a happy line."To this the god: "'T is yours, O queen, to will The work which duty binds me to fulfil.

These airy kingdoms, and this wide command, Are all the presents of your bounteous hand:

Yours is my sov'reign's grace; and, as your guest, I sit with gods at their celestial feast;Raise tempests at your pleasure, or subdue;Dispose of empire, which I hold from you."He said, and hurl'd against the mountain side His quiv'ring spear, and all the god applied.

The raging winds rush thro' the hollow wound, And dance aloft in air, and skim along the ground;Then, settling on the sea, the surges sweep, Raise liquid mountains, and disclose the deep.

South, East, and West with mix'd confusion roar, And roll the foaming billows to the shore.

The cables crack; the sailors' fearful cries Ascend; and sable night involves the skies;And heav'n itself is ravish'd from their eyes.

Loud peals of thunder from the poles ensue;Then flashing fires the transient light renew;The face of things a frightful image bears, And present death in various forms appears.

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