And never yet by Turnus tossed in vain!

Fail not this day thy wonted force; but go,

Sent by this hand, to pierce the Trojan foe:

Give me to tear his corslet from his breast,

And from that eunuch head to rend the crest;

Dragged in the dust, his frizzled hair to soil,

Hot from the vexing iron, and smeared with fragrant oil."

Thus while he raves, from his wide nostrils flies

A fiery steam, and sparkles from his eyes.

So fares the bull in his loved female's sight: