with sleep and wine, yonder they lie: all around is
still. Listen on, and learn on what I am brooding, and
what thought is this moment uppermost. ‘Æneas should
be recalled’—so cry people and leaders as one man; 30
‘messengers should be sent to tell him the truth.’ If they
pledge themselves to what I ask for you—for me the fame
of the deed is sufficient—methinks under the mound
yonder I could find a way to the city walls of Pallanteum.”
A thrill of generous ambition struck wonder into Euryalus, 35
as thus he addressed his glowing friend: “And would you