Thou saw'st the courser by proud Turnus pressed,

That, Nisus! and his arms, and nodding crest,

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{ And shield, from chance exempt, shall be thy share;

{ Twelve labouring slaves, twelve handmaids young and fair,

{ All clad in rich attire, and trained with care;

And, last, a Latian field with fruitful plains,

And a large portion of the king's domains.

But thou, whose years are more to mine allied,

No fate my vowed affection shall divide