[108] Hic ubi disjectas moles, avulsaque saxis Saxa vides, mistoque undantem pulvere fumum; Neptunus muros, magnoque emota tridenti Fundamenta quatit, totamque à sedibus urbem Eruit; hic Juno Scæas sævissima portas Prima tenet, sociumque furens à navibus agmen Ferro accincta vocat. Jam summas arces Tritonia (respice) Pallas Insedit, nimbo effulgens, & Gorgone sæva. Ipse Pater Danais animos, viresque secundas Sufficit, ipse Deos in Dardana suscitat arma.
Here, where you see that Rubbish, Heaps confus'd, Stones wrench'd from Stones, and thick redounding Smoke Blended with Clouds of Dust; great Neptune shakes The Walls, and with his massy Trident heaves The City from its deep Foundations. There Relentless Juno, girt with Steel, has seiz'd The Scæan Gates; and raging from their Ships Calls her confed'rate Forces. Next (that Way bend thy Eyes) the lofty Tow'rs Tritonian Pallas has possess'd; there sits, With her dire Gorgon. In a beamy Cloud, Effulgent Jove himself the Grecian Troops With Courage, and new Strength supplies; himself Excites the Gods against the Dardan Arms.
Again, a few Lines after:
[109] Dixerat; & spissis noctis se condidit umbris. Apparent diræ facies, inimicaque Trojæ Numina magna Deum.
She said; and in th'involving Shades retir'd: The direful Shapes appear, and Foes to Troy, Forms of the awful Gods.
And in the last Book, the Poet thus introduces Æneas going to engage with Turnus:
[110] At pater Æneas, audito nomine Turni, Deserit & muros, & summas deserit arces; Præcipitatque moras omnes, opera omnia rumpit, Lætitia exultans, horrendumque intonat armis.
But Prince Æneas, hearing Turnus' Name, Forsakes the Walls, forsakes the lofty Tow'rs, Breaks all Delay, all other Toil; with Joy Exults; and thunders terrible in Arms.
Instances of this Style fill every Page, almost, of the Æneis; and in the Odes of Horace are very frequent;
[111] Justum & tenacem propositi virum, Non civium ardor prava jubentium, Non vultus instantis Tyranni, Mente quatit solida; neque Auster Dux inquieti turbidus Adriæ, Nec fulminantis magna Jovis manus: Si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinæ.