Of pitch-pine, ilex, and the mountain-ash,

While heart of oak had to admit a wedge,

And giants rolled down many a hill ledge.

In all the toil none bore sturdier part

Than Æneas; for he, and with full heart,

Grieved for a loyal ally; but his brain,

With that central thought, took a wider train:

“Forests as this,” he mused, “the whole land through!

How to track to one tree a single bough!

Yet”—as of Misenus—“could the Maid tell