The fierce resentment that he bore,
And sped him forth on vengeance bent—
Not even in such evils pent,
Did Troy to cruel fortune bend,
But struggled bravely to the end.
Her bitter fate—for ten long years to stand,
And fall at last by one vile trickster's hand.625
In memory still we see the monstrous bulk
Of that pretended and most fatal gift,
The Grecian horse, which we, too credulous,