... night upon them weighs: Woe's me! what war shall they awake if e'er the light of days They find: what host each sets 'gainst each, what death-field shall they dight! The father from the Alpine wall, and from Monoecus' height 830 Comes down; the son against him turns the East's embattlement. O children, in such evil war let not your souls be spent, Nor turn the valour of your might against the heart of home. Thou first, refrain, O thou my blood from high Olympus come; Cast thou the weapons ... — The AEneids of Virgil - Done into English Verse • Virgil
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