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ALL were attentive to the godlike man	A
When from his lofty couch he thus began	A
Great queen what you command me to relate	B
Renews the sad remembrance of our fate	B
An empire from its old foundations rent	C
And ev ry woe the Trojans underwent	C
A peopled city made a desart place	D
All that I saw and part of which I was	E
Not ev n the hardest of our foes could hear	F
Nor stern Ulysses tell without a tear	G
And now the latter watch of wasting night	H
And setting stars to kindly rest invite	H
But since you take such int rest in our woe	I
And Troy s disastrous end desire to know	I
I will restrain my tears and briefly tell	J
What in our last and fatal night befell	J
By destiny compell d and in despair	G
The Greeks grew weary of the tedious war	K
And by Minerva s aid a fabric rear d	L
Which like a steed of monstrous height appear d	L
The sides were plank d with pine they feign d it made	M
For their return and this the vow they paid	M
Thus they pretend but in the hollow side	N
Selected numbers of their soldiers hide	N
With inward arms the dire machine they load	O
And iron bowels stuff the dark abode	O
In sight of Troy lies Tenedos an isle	P
While Fortune did on Priam s empire smile	P
Renown d for wealth but since a faithless bay	Q
Where ships expos d to wind and weather lay	Q
There was their fleet conceal d We thought for Greece	R
Their sails were hoisted and our fears release	R
The Trojans coop d within their walls so long	S
Unbar their gates and issue in a throng	S
Like swarming bees and with delight survey	Q
The camp deserted where the Grecians lay	Q
The quarters of the sev ral chiefs they show d	L
Here Ph nix here Achilles made abode	O
Here join d the battles there the navy rode	O
Part on the pile their wond ring eyes employ	T
The pile by Pallas rais d to ruin Troy	T
Thymoetes first t is doubtful whether hir d	L
Or so the Trojan destiny requir d	L
Mov d that the ramparts might be broken down	U
To lodge the monster fabric in the town	U
But Capys and the rest of sounder mind	V
The fatal present to the flames designed	V
Or to the wat ry deep at least to bore	K
The hollow sides and hidden frauds explore	K
The giddy vulgar as their fancies guide	N
With noise say nothing and in parts divide	N
Laocoon follow d by a num rous crowd	W
Ran from the fort and cried from far aloud	W
O wretched countrymen what fury reigns	X
What more than madness has possess d your brains	X
Think you the Grecians from your coasts are gone	Y
And are Ulysses arts no better known	Z
This hollow fabric either must inclose	X
Within its blind recess our secret foes	X
Or t is an engine rais d above the town	U
T o erlook the walls and then to batter down	U
Somewhat is sure design d by fraud or force	X
Trust not their presents nor admit the horse	X
Thus having said against the steed he threw	A2
His forceful spear which hissing as it flew	A2
Pierc d thro the yielding planks of jointed wood	B2
And trembling in the hollow belly stood	B2
The sides transpierc d return a rattling sound	C2
And groans of Greeks inclos d come issuing thro the wound	C2
And had not Heav n the fall of Troy design d	L
Or had not men been fated to be blind	V
Enough was said and done t inspire a better mind	V
Then had our lances pierc d the treach rous wood	B2
And Ilian tow rs and Priam s empire stood	B2
Meantime with shouts the Trojan shepherds bring	D2
A captive Greek in bands before the king	D2
Taken to take who made himself their prey	Q
T impose on their belief and Troy betray	Q
Fix d on his aim and obstinately bent	C
To die undaunted or to circumvent	C
About the captive tides of Trojans flow	I
All press to see and some insult the foe	I
Now hear how well the Greeks their wiles disguis d	L
Behold a nation in a man compris d	L
Trembling the miscreant stood unarm d and bound	C2
He star d and roll d his haggard eyes around	C2
Then said Alas what earth remains what sea	L
Is open to receive unhappy me	L
What fate a wretched fugitive attends	X
Scorn d by my foes abandon d by my friends	X
He said and sigh d and cast a rueful eye	E2
Our pity kindles and our passions die	E2
We cheer the youth to make his own defense	X
And freely tell us what he was and whence	X
What news he could impart we long to know	I
And what to credit from a captive foe	I
His fear at length dismiss d he said Whate er	F2
My fate ordains my words shall be sincere	G2
I neither can nor dare my birth disclaim	H2
Greece is my country Sinon is my name	H2
Tho plung d by Fortune s pow r in misery	L
T is not in Fortune s pow r to make me lie	E2
If any chance has hither brought the name	H2
Of Palamedes not unknown to fame	H2
Who suffer d from the malice of the times	X
Accus d and sentenc d for pretended crimes	X
Because these fatal wars he would prevent	C
Whose death the wretched Greeks too late lament	C
Me then a boy my father poor and bare	G
Of other means committed to his care	G
His kinsman and companion in the war	K
While Fortune favor d while his arms support	I2
The cause and rul d the counsels of the court	I2
I made some figure there nor was my name	H2
Obscure nor I without my share of fame	H2
But when Ulysses with fallacious arts	X
Had made impression in the people s hearts	X
And forg d a treason in my patron s name	H2
I speak of things too far divulg d by fame	H2
My kinsman fell Then I without support	I2
In private mourn d his loss and left the court	I2
Mad as I was I could not bear his fate	B
With silent grief but loudly blam d the state	B
And curs d the direful author of my woes	X
T was told again and hence my ruin rose	X
I threaten d if indulgent Heav n once more	K
Would land me safely on my native shore	K
His death with double vengeance to restore	K
This mov d the murderer s hate and soon ensued	J2
Th effects of malice from a man so proud	W
Ambiguous rumors thro the camp he spread	K2
And sought by treason my devoted head	K2
New crimes invented left unturn d no stone	Z
To make my guilt appear and hide his own	Z
Till Calchas was by force and threat ning wrought	L2
But why why dwell I on that anxious thought	L2
If on my nation just revenge you seek	M2
And t is t appear a foe t appear a Greek	M2
Already you my name and country know	I
Assuage your thirst of blood and strike the blow	I
My death will both the kingly brothers please	X
And set insatiate Ithacus at ease	X
This fair unfinish d tale these broken starts	X
Rais d expectations in our longing hearts	X
Unknowing as we were in Grecian arts	X
His former trembling once again renew d	L
With acted fear the villain thus pursued	J2
Long had the Grecians tir d with fruitless care	G
And wearied with an unsuccessful war	K
Resolv d to raise the siege and leave the town	U
And had the gods permitted they had gone	Y
But oft the wintry seas and southern winds	X
Withstood their passage home and chang d their minds	X
Portents and prodigies their souls amaz d	L
But most when this stupendous pile was rais d	L
Then flaming meteors hung in air were seen	N2
And thunders rattled thro a sky serene	N2
Dismay d and fearful of some dire event	C
Eurypylus t enquire their fate was sent	C
He from the gods this dreadful answer brought	L2
O Grecians when the Trojan shores you sought	L2
Your passage with a virgin s blood was bought	O2
So must your safe return be bought again	P2
And Grecian blood once more atone the main	Q2
The spreading rumor round the people ran	A
All fear d and each believ d himself the man	A
Ulysses took th advantage of their fright	H
Call d Calchas and produc d in open sight	H
Then bade him name the wretch ordain d by fate	B
The public victim to redeem the state	B
Already some presag	M2

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