see him now; along this self-same path a troop is moving 5
hitherward, and commanding the height of the citadel.”
Moreover, while Lavinia is applying the hallowed torch to
the altars, as she stands in maiden purity at her father’s
side, she was seen, oh, monstrous sight! to catch the fire
with her long tresses, all her headgear consuming in the 10
crackling flame, her queenly hair, her jewelled coronal all
ablaze, till at last she was wrapt in smoke and yellow
glare, and scattered the fire-god’s sparks the whole palace
through. There indeed was a tale of horror, a marvel and