Driven with Evander from the Arcadian land,

Have planted here, and placed on high their walls;

Their town the founder Pallanteum calls,

Derived from Pallas, his great grandsire's name:

But the fierce Latians old possession claim,

With war infesting the new colony.

These make thy friends, and on their aid rely.

To thy free passage I submit my streams.

Wake, son of Venus, from thy pleasing dreams;

And, when the setting stars are lost in day,