Then thus to both replied the imperial god,

Who shakes heaven's axles with his awful nod.

(When he begins, the silent senate stand,

With reverence listening to the dread command:

The clouds dispel; the winds their breath restrain;

And the hushed waves lie flatted on the main.)

}

{ "Celestials! your attentive ears incline!

{ Since (said the god) the Trojans must not join

{ In wished alliance with the Latian line—