that fly hence aloft into the upper air, and thus return
to the sluggish fellowship of the body? can their longing
for light be so mad, as this?” “I will tell you, my son, 5
nor hold you longer in doubt.” So replies Anchises, and
unfolds the story in order.
“Know, first, that heaven and earth, and the watery
plains, and the Moon’s lucid ball, and Titan’s starry fires
are kept alive by a spirit within: a mind pervading each 10
limb stirs the whole frame and mingles with the mighty
mass. Hence spring the races of men and beasts, and