is upon us, ho!” With loud shouts the Teucrians pour
themselves through all the gates and through the bulwarks. 10
For such had been the charge of Æneas, that best of soldiers,
when going on his way; should aught fall out meantime,
let them not venture to draw out their lines or try
the fortune of the field: enough for them to guard camp
and wall safe behind their earthworks. So now, though 15
shame and anger prompt to an engagement, they shield
themselves nevertheless with closed gates in pursuance of
his bidding, and armed, within the covert of their towers,