BOOK XII
Final conflict between Æneas and Turnus.
[279:29.] Orichalc. Copper.
[280:24.] Vervain. Verbena, leafy twig, sacred bough (of laurel, olive, myrtle, or cypress).
[288:18.] Dittany. Herb growing on Mount Dicte in Crete.
[288:24.] Ambrosia. Sustenance of immortal life, food of the gods, as nectar is their drink.
[296:12.] Holms. Oaks, holm-oak, “great scarlet oak.”
[303:16.] Soul. Cf. the Emperor Hadrian’s Address to his Soul, translated by Byron, Prior, Pope, Merivale, Carnarvon, etc.
“Soul of mine, pretty one, flitting one,
Guest and partner of my clay,
Whither wilt thou hie away,—
Pallid one, rigid one, naked one—
Never to play again, never to play?”
—Merivale.
“Yes, thou goest, Spirit—yes,
In thy paleness, nakedness—
Mirth is banished,
Jest hath vanished
Into gloom and dreariness.”
—Carnarvon.
“Wee wan’erin’ winsome elf, my saul,
Thou’s made this clay long hoose an’ hall,
But whar, oh whar art now to dwall,
Thy bield now bare?
Gaun’ flickterin’ feckless, shiverin’ caul,
Nae cantrips mair.”
Transcriber’s Note: Endnotes indicated by [o] are missing.