Eyeing that stubborn town of Ilium,

And scarce at last forgives those ten long years

Of bloody strife. Anon, as he beholds

That mighty city, though in ruins laid,

He starts with fear; and though he plainly sees

His foe o'ercome, he scarce can comprehend25

That she could be o'ercome. The Dardan spoil

Is heaped on high, a booty vast, which Greece,

In all her thousand ships, can scarce bestow.

Now witness, ye divinities whose face