The Æneid of Virgil Translated Into Scottish Verse. Volumes 1 & 2. Virgil

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      Has sair effrayt amyd the skyis brycht;

      Now with lang range to lycht thai beyn adrest,15

      And spyis the erth about quhar thai sall rest:

      As thai return, thar weyngis swouchand jolely,

      And with thar coursis circlys about the sky,

      Cryand or syngand efter thar awyn gys;

      Thy schippys and falloschip on the sammyn wys20

      Owdir ar herbryit in the havyn, I wys,

      Or with bent saill entris in the port be this.

      Now pas thy way evyn furth that sammyn went.

      Thus said sche, and turnand incontinent,

      Hir nek schane lyke onto the roys in May,25

      Hyr hevynly haris, glitterand brycht and gay,

      Kest from hir forhed a smell gloryus and sweit,

      Hir habyt fell down coveryng to hir feit,

      And in hir passage a verray god dyd hir kyth.

      And fra that he knew hys moder, alswith30

      With sik wordis he followys as scho dyd fle;

      Quhy art thou cruell to thy son, quod he,

      Dissavand hym sa oft with fals sembland?

      Quhy grantis thou nocht we mycht joyn hand in hand,

      And fortill heir and rendir vocis trew?5

      Thus he reprevys, bot sche is went adew;

      Than to the Cyte he haldis furth the way.

      Bot Venus with a sop of myst, baith tway,

      And with a dyrk clowd, closyt rownd about,

      That na man suld thame se nor twich but dowt,10

      Ne by the ways stop or ellis deir,

      Or ȝit the cawsis of thar cummyn speir.

      Hyr self vplift to Paphum passyt swith,

      To vissy hir restyng place, joly and blith;

      Thar is hir tempill into Cypir land,15

      Quharin thar doith ane hundreth altaris stand,

      Hait byrnnyng full of Saba sens all houris,

      And smellyng sweit with fresch garlandis of flowris.

      CAP. VII.

      Eneas, at his moderys commandment,

      Cled with the mysty clowd, to Cartage went.

      Thai, in the meyn tyme, hastit furth thar way

      As the rod led thame, quhil ascend ar thai20

      The hill fer rysand abuf the town on hycht,

      Quhar all the Cite forgane thame se thai mycht.

      Eneas wondrit the gretnes of Cartage,

      Quhilk lait tofor had beyn ane smal cotage;

      The fair portis alsso he ferleit fast,

      And of the brute of pepill tharat inpast,

      The large stretys paithit by and by,5

      The byssy Tyrryanys lauborand ardently.

      Ane part haistis to beild the wallys wight;

      And sum to rays the gret castell on hyght,

      And welt vp stanys to the wark on hie;

      Sum grathis fast the thak and rufe of tre;10

      And sum about delvys the fowsy deip;

      Sum chesis officeris the lawys forto kepe,

      With counsalouris and senatouris, wys folkis;

      Ȝonder other sum the new havyn holkis;

      And heir alsso, ane other end fast by,15

      Lays the fundament of the theatry;

      And otheris eik the huge pillaris grete

      Out of the querrellys gan do hew and bete,

      Fortill adorn that place in all degre,

      In tyme cummyng quhar gret triumphe suldbe.20

      Lyke to the beys, in feildis floryst new,

      Gaderyng thar wark of mony diuers hew,

      In soft somyr the brycht son hait schynyng,

      Quhen of thar kynd thame list swarmys furth bryng,

      Or in camys inclus thar hwny cleyn,25

      And with sweit liquour stuffis thar cellis scheyn,

      Or ressavys the byrdyngis from othir tharowt,

      Or fra thar hyve togyddir in a rowt

      Expellis the bowbart beist, the faynt drone be:

      Thar labour is bissy and fervent forto se,30

      The hwny smellys of the sweit tyme seid.

      O, quod Ene, full happy ar ȝhe in deid,

      Quhais large wallis rysys thus on hie!

      A quhile he visseit the boundis of this cite,

      Ane wonder thyng, coverit with a clowd about;5

      He entrys syne amyd the thikast rowt,

      Amang the men he thrang, and nane hym saw.

      Amyd the cite stude ane semly schaw,

      With hys maist plesand sobir schaddowis, quhar,

      As the Punycianys first vpwarpit war,10

      Efter the stormys blastis and seys rage,

      Thai, delvand, fand the takynar of Cartage,

      Ane mekill hors hed that was, I weyn,

      As Juno had schaw tofor, of goddis queyn,

      That signyfyit the cite excellent in batale,15

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