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208 That earthward they may pass once more

Remembering not the things before,

And with a blind propension yearn

To fleshly bodies to return.'

Anchises spoke, and with him drew

Æneas and the Sibyl too

Amid the shadowy throng,

And mounts a hillock, whence the eye

Might form and countenance descry

As each one passed along.

'Now listen what the future fame

Shall follow the Dardanian name,

What glorious spirits wait

Our progeny to furnish forth:

My tongue shall name each soul of worth,

And show you of your fate.

See you yon gallant youth advance

Leaning upon a headless lance?

He next in upper air holds place,

First offspring of the Italian race

Commixed with ours, your latest child

By Alban name of Silvius styled,

Whom to your eye Lavinia fair

In silvan solitude shall bear,

King, sire of kings, by whom comes down

Through Trojan hands the Alban crown.

Nearest to him see Procas shine,

The glory of Dardania's line,

And Numitor and Capys too,

And one that draws his name from you,

Silvius Æneas, mighty he

Alike in arms and piety,

Should Fate's high pleasure e'er command

The Alban sceptre to his land.