of all:—“Here am I whom you are seeking, before

you,—Æneas, the Trojan, snatched from the jaws of the

Libyan wave. O heart that alone of all has found pity for

Troy’s cruel agonies—that makes us, poor remnants of

Danaan fury, utterly spent by all the chances of land and 10

sea, destitute of all, partners of its city, of its very palace!

To pay such a debt of gratitude, Dido, is more than we can

do—more than can be done by all the survivors of the

Dardan nation, now scattered the wide world over. May

the gods—if there are powers that regard the pious, if 15