See, there runs a messenger from end to end of the palace

amid wild confusion, and fills the town with a mighty 30

terror, how that in marching array the Trojans and the

Tuscan force are sweeping down from Tiber’s stream

over all the plain. In an instant the minds of the people

are confounded, their bosoms shaken to the core, their

passions goaded by no gentle stings. They clutch at arms, 35

clamour for arms: arms are the young men’s cry: the

weeping fathers moan and mutter. And now a mighty

din, blended of discordant voices, soars up to the skies,