At midnight was involved in Grecian flame;
And now, by time’s deep ploughshare harrow’d o’er,
The seat of sacred Troy is found no more.
No trace of her proud fabrics now remains,
But corn and vines enrich her cultured plains.
Falconer, Shipwreck.
THE PERSONS OF THE DRAMA
Æneas, son of Anchises and Venus, son-in-law of Priam, and, since the death of Hector, the leader of the Trojan war-chiefs.
Priam, king of Troy, now enfeebled by age.
Anchises, the aged father of Æneas.