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A PARAPHRASE FROM THE NEID LIB IX	A
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Nisus the guardian of the portal stood	B
Eager to gild his arms with hostile blood	C
Well skill'd in fight the quivering lance to wield	D
Or pour his arrow through th' embattled field	D
From Ida ton' he left his sylvan cave	E
And sought a foreign home a distant grave	E
To watch the movements of the Daunian host	F
With him Euraylius sustains the post	F
No lovelier mien adorn'd the ranks of Troy	G
And beardiess bloom yet graced the gallant boy	G
Though few the seasons of his youthful life	H
As yet a novice in the martial strife	H
'Twas his with beauty valour's gifts to share	I
A soul heroic as his form was fair	I
These burn with one pure flame of generous love	J
In peace in war united still they move	K
Friendship and glory form their joint reward	L
And now combined they hold their nightly guard	M
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'What god ' exclaimed the first 'instils this fire	N
Or in itself a god what great desire	N
My labouring soul with anxious thought opress'd	M
Abhors this station of inglorious rest	M
The love of fame with this can ill accord	M
Be't mine to seek for glory with my sword	M
Seest thou yon camp with torches twinkling dim	O
Where drunken slumbers wrap each lazy limb	O
Where confidence and and ease the watch disdain	P
And drowsy Silence holds her sable reign	P
Then hear my thought In deep and sullen grief	Q
Our troops and leaders mourn their absent chief	Q
Now could the gifts and promiised prize be thine	R
The deed the danger and the fame be mine	R
Were this decreed beneath yon rising mound	M
Methinks an easy path perchance were found	M
Which past I speed my way to Pallas' walls	A
And lead neas from Evander's halls '	-
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With equal ardour fired and warlike joy	G
His glowing friend address'd the Dardan boy	G
'These deeds my Nisus shalt thou dare alone	S
Must all the fame the peril be thlne own	S
Am I by thee despised and left afar	T
As one unfit to share the toils of war	U
Not thus his son the great Opheltes taught	M
Not thus my sire in Argive combats fought	M
Not thus when Ilion fell by heavenly hate	M
I track'd neas through the walks of fate	M
Thou know'st my deeds my breast devoid of fear	V
And hostile life drops dim my gory spear	V
Here is a soul with hope immortal burns	A
And life ignoble life for glory spurns	A
Fame fame fs cheaply earn'd by fleeting breath	W
The price of honour is the sleep of death '	-
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Then Nisus 'Calm thy bosom's fond alarms	A
Thy heart beats fiercely to the din of arms	A
More dear thy worth and valour than my own	S
I swear by him who fills Olympus' throne	S
So may I triumph as I speak the truth	X
And clasp again the comrade of my youth	X
But should I fall and he who dares advance	A
Through hostile legions must abide by chance	A
If some Rutulian arm with adverse blow	Y
Should lay the friend who ever loved thee low	Y
Live thou such beauties I would fain preserve	Z
Thy budding years a lengthen'd term deserve	Z
When humbled in the dust let some one be	A2
Whose gentle eyes will shed one tear for me	A2
Whose manly arm may snatch me back by force	A
Or wealth redeem from foes my captive corse	A
Or if my destiny these last deny	B2
If in the spoiler's power my ashes lie	B2
Thy pious care may raise a simple tomb	C2
To mark thy love and signalize my doom	C2
Why should thy doting wretched mother weep	D2
Her only boy reclined in endless sleep	D2
Who for thy sake the tempest's fury dared	M
Who for thy sake war's deadly peril shared	M
Who braved what woman ne'er braved before	U
And left her native for the Latian shore '	-
	-
'In vain you damp the ardour of my soul '	-
Replied Euryalus 'it scorns control	E2
Hence let us haste ' their brother guards arose	A
Roused by their call nor court again repose	A
The pair bouyed up on Hope's exulting wing	F2
Their stations leave and speed to seek the king	F2
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Now o'er the earth a solemn stillness ran	G2
And lull'd alike the cares of brute and man	G2
Save where the Dardan leaders rughtly hold	M
Alternate converse and their plans unfold	M
On one great point the council are agreed	M
An insttant message to their prince decreed	M
Each lean'd upon the lance he well could wield	M
And poised with easy arm his ancient shield	M
When Nisus and his friend their leave request	M
To offer something to their high behest	M
With anxious trernors yet unawed by fear	V
The faithful pair before the throne appear	V
Iulus greets them at his kind command	M
The elder first address'd the hoary band	M
'With patience' thus Hyctacides hegan	G2
'Attend nor judge from youth our humble plan	G2
Where yonder beacons half expiring beam	H2
Our slumbering foes of future conquest deam	H2
Nor heed that we a secret path have traced	M
Between th'e ocean and the portal placed	M
Beneath the covert of the blackening smoke	I2
Whose shade securely our design will cloak	I2
If you ye chiefs and fortune will allow	J2
We'll bend our oourse to yonder mountain's brow	J2
Where Pallas' walls at distance meet the sight	M
Seen o'er the glade when not obscured by night	M
Then shall neas in his pride return	G2
When hostile rnatrons raise their offspring's urn	G2
And Latian spoils and purpled heaps of dead	M
Shall rnark the havoc of our hero's tread	M
Such is our purpose not uknown the way	K2
Whore yonder torrent's devious waters stray	K2
Oft have we seen when huntlng by the stream	H2
The distant spires above the valleys gleam '	-
	-
Mature in years for sober wisdom famed	M
Moved by the speech Alethes here exclaim'd	M
'Ye parent gods who rule the fate of Troy	G
Still dwells the Dardan spirit in the boy	G
When minds like these in striplings thus ye raise	A
Yours is the godlike act be yours the praise	A
In gallant youth my fainting hopes revive	L2
And Ilion's wonted glories still survive '	-
Then in his warm embrace the boys he press'd	M
And quivering strain'd them to his aged breast	M
With tears the burning cheek of each bedew'd	M
And sobbing thus his first discourse renew'd	M
'What gift my countrymen what martial prize	A
Can we bestow which you may not despise	A
Our deities the first best boon have given	G2
Internal virtues are the gift of Heaven	G2
What poor rewards can bless your deeds on earth	M2
Doubtless await such young exalted worth	M2
neas and Ascanius shall combine	G2
To yield applause far far surpassing mine '	-
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Inlus then ' By all the powers above	J
By those Penates who my country love	J
By hoary Vesta's sacred fane I swear	I
My hopes are all in you ye generous pair	I
Restore my father to my grateful sight	M
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Nisus two silver goblets are thine own	G2
Saved from Arisba's stately domes o'erthrown	G2
My sire secured them on that fatal day	M
Nor left such bowls an Argive robber's prey	M
Two massy tripods also shall be thine	G2
Two talents polish'd from the glittering mine	G2
An ancient cup which Tyrian Dido gave	E
While yet our vessels press'd the Punic wave	E
But when the hostile chiefs at length bow down	G2
When great neas wears Hesperia's crown	G2
The casque the buckler and the fiery steed	M
Which Turnus guides with more than mortal speed	M
Are thine no envious lot shall then be cast	M
I pledge my word irrevocably past	M
Nay more twelve slaves and twice six captive dames	A
To soothe thy softer hours with amorous flames	A
And all the realms which now the Latins sway	M
The labours of to night shall well repay	M
But thou my generous youth whose tender years	A
Arc near my own whose worth rny heart reveres	A
Henceforth affection sweetly thus begun	G2
Shall join our bosoms and our souls in one	G2
Without thy aid no glory shall be mine	G2
Without thy dear advice no great design	G2
Alike through life esteem'd thou godlike boy	G
In war my bulwark and in peace my joy '	-
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To him Euryalus 'No day shall shame	N2
The rising glories which from this I claim	N2
Fortune may favour or the skies may frown	G2
But valour spite of fate obtains renown	G2
Yet ere fro	Y

George Gordon Byron

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