And aimed from high: the full descending blow

Cleaves the broad front and beardless cheeks in two.

}

{ Down sinks the giant with a thundering sound:

{ His ponderous limbs oppress the trembling ground;

{ Blood, brains, and foam, gush from the gaping wound.

Scalp, face, and shoulders, the keen steel divides;

And the shared visage hangs on equal sides.

The Trojans fly from their approaching fate:

And, had the victor then secured the gate,