Bring holy peace, and beg the king's relief."
Struck with so great a name, and all on fire,
The youth replies:—"Whatever you require,
Your fame exacts. Upon our shores descend,
A welcome guest, and, what you wish, a friend."
He said, and, downward hasting to the strand,
Embraced the stranger prince, and joined his hand.
Conducted to the grove, Æneas broke
The silence first, and thus the king bespoke:—
"Best of the Greeks! to whom, by fate's command,