The Aeneid Of Virgil: Book 11 Poem Rhyme Scheme

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SCARCE had the rosy Morning rais d her head	A
Above the waves and left her wat ry bed	A
The pious chief whom double cares attend	B
For his unburied soldiers and his friend	B
Yet first to Heav n perform d a victor s vows	C
He bar d an ancient oak of all her boughs	C
Then on a rising ground the trunk he plac d	D
Which with the spoils of his dead foe he grac d	D
The coat of arms by proud Mezentius worn	E
Now on a naked snag in triumph borne	E
Was hung on high and glitter d from afar	F
A trophy sacred to the God of War	G
Above his arms fix d on the leafless wood	H
Appear d his plumy crest besmear d with blood	I
His brazen buckler on the left was seen	J
Truncheons of shiver d lances hung between	J
And on the right was placed his corslet bor d	D
And to the neck was tied his unavailing sword	K
A crowd of chiefs inclose the godlike man	L
Who thus conspicuous in the midst began	L
Our toils my friends are crown d with sure success	M
The greater part perform d achieve the less	M
Now follow cheerful to the trembling town	N
Press but an entrance and presume it won	O
Fear is no more for fierce Mezentius lies	P
As the first fruits of war a sacrifice	Q
Turnus shall fall extended on the plain	R
And in this omen is already slain	R
Prepar d in arms pursue your happy chance	S
That none unwarn d may plead his ignorance	T
And I at Heav n s appointed hour may find	U
Your warlike ensigns waving in the wind	U
Meantime the rites and fun ral pomps prepare	V
Due to your dead companions of the war	G
The last respect the living can bestow	W
To shield their shadows from contempt below	W
That conquer d earth be theirs for which they fought	X
And which for us with their own blood they bought	Y
But first the corpse of our unhappy friend	B
To the sad city of Evander send	B
Who not inglorious in his age s bloom	Z
Was hurried hence by too severe a doom	Z
Thus weeping while he spoke he took his way	A2
Where new in death lamented Pallas lay	A2
Acoetes watch d the corpse whose youth deserv d	D
The father s trust and now the son he serv d	D
With equal faith but less auspicious care	V
Th attendants of the slain his sorrow share	V
A troop of Trojans mix d with these appear	B2
And mourning matrons with dishevel d hair	V
Soon as the prince appears they raise a cry	C2
All beat their breasts and echoes rend the sky	C2
They rear his drooping forehead from the ground	D2
But when neas view d the grisly wound	D2
Which Pallas in his manly bosom bore	G
And the fair flesh distain d with purple gore	G
First melting into tears the pious man	L
Deplor d so sad a sight then thus began	L
Unhappy youth when Fortune gave the rest	E2
Of my full wishes she refus d the best	E2
She came but brought not thee along to bless	M
My longing eyes and share in my success	M
She grudg d thy safe return the triumphs due	F2
To prosp rous valor in the public view	F2
Not thus I promis d when thy father lent	G2
Thy needless succor with a sad consent	G2
Embrac d me parting for th Etrurian land	H2
And sent me to possess a large command	H2
He warn d and from his own experience told	I2
Our foes were warlike disciplin d and bold	I2
And now perhaps in hopes of thy return	J2
Rich odors on his loaded altars burn	J2
While we with vain officious pomp prepare	V
To send him back his portion of the war	G
A bloody breathless body which can owe	W
No farther debt but to the pow rs below	W
The wretched father ere his race is run	O
Shall view the fun ral honors of his son	O
These are my triumphs of the Latian war	G
Fruits of my plighted faith and boasted care	V
And yet unhappy sire thou shalt not see	D
A son whose death disgrac d his ancestry	D
Thou shalt not blush old man however griev d	D
Thy Pallas no dishonest wound receiv d	D
He died no death to make thee wish too late	K2
Thou hadst not liv d to see his shameful fate	K2
But what a champion has th Ausonian coast	L2
And what a friend hast thou Ascanius lost	M2
Thus having mourn d he gave the word around	D2
To raise the breathless body from the ground	D2
And chose a thousand horse the flow r of all	N2
His warlike troops to wait the funeral	O2
To bear him back and share Evander s grief	P2
A well becoming but a weak relief	P2
Of oaken twigs they twist an easy bier	Q2
Then on their shoulders the sad burden rear	B2
The body on this rural hearse is borne	E
Strew d leaves and funeral greens the bier adorn	E
All pale he lies and looks a lovely flow r	F
New cropp d by virgin hands to dress the bow r	F
Unfaded yet but yet unfed below	W
No more to mother earth or the green stem shall owe	W
Then two fair vests of wondrous work and cost	R2
Of purple woven and with gold emboss d	D
For ornament the Trojan hero brought	X
Which with her hands Sidonian Dido wrought	X
One vest array d the corpse and one they spread	A
O er his clos d eyes and wrapp d around his head	A
That when the yellow hair in flame should fall	N2
The catching fire might burn the golden caul	S2
Besides the spoils of foes in battle slain	R
When he descended on the Latian plain	R
Arms trappings horses by the hearse are led	A
In long array th achievements of the dead	A
Then pinion d with their hands behind appear	B2
Th unhappy captives marching in the rear	B2
Appointed off rings in the victor s name	T2
To sprinkle with their blood the fun ral flame	T2
Inferior trophies by the chiefs are borne	E
Gauntlets and helms their loaded hands adorn	E
And fair inscriptions fix d and titles read	A
Of Latian leaders conquer d by the dead	A
Acoetes on his pupil s corpse attends	U2
With feeble steps supported by his friends	U2
Pausing at ev ry pace in sorrow drown d	D
Betwixt their arms he sinks upon the ground	D2
Where grov ling while he lies in deep despair	V
He beats his breast and rends his hoary hair	V
The champion s chariot next is seen to roll	V2
Besmear d with hostile blood and honorably foul	W2
To close the pomp thon the steed of state	K2
Is led the fun rals of his lord to wait	K2
Stripp d of his trappings with a sullen pace	X2
He walks and the big tears run rolling down his face	X2
The lance of Pallas and the crimson crest	E2
Are borne behind the victor seiz d the rest	E2
The march begins the trumpets hoarsely sound	D2
The pikes and lances trail along the ground	D2
Thus while the Trojan and Arcadian horse	Y2
To Pallantean tow rs direct their course	Y2
In long procession rank d the pious chief	P2
Stopp d in the rear and gave a vent to grief	P2
The public care he said which war attends	U2
Diverts our present woes at least suspends	U2
Peace with the manes of great Pallas dwell	Z2
Hail holy relics and a last farewell	Z2
He said no more but inly thro he mourn d	D
Restrain d his tears and to the camp return d	D
Now suppliants from Laurentum sent demand	H2
A truce with olive branches in their hand	H2
Obtest his clemency and from the plain	R
Beg leave to draw the bodies of their slain	R
They plead that none those common rites deny	C2
To conquer d foes that in fair battle die	C2
All cause of hate was ended in their death	A3
Nor could he war with bodies void of breath	A3
A king they hop d would hear a king s request	E2
Whose son he once was call d and once his guest	E2
Their suit which was too just to be denied	B3
The hero grants and farther thus replied	B3
O Latian princes how severe a fate	K2
In causeless quarrels has involv d your state	K2
And arm d against an unoffending man	L
Who sought your friendship ere the war began	L
You beg a truce which I would gladly give	C3
Not only for the slain but those who live	D3
I came not hither but by Heav n s comma	E3

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