They flew off to the right, across the roofs, Then, having clawed each other's cheeks and neck, They stared at those below their gaze spelled death. Wheeled round and-furiously-flapped its wings. On currents of the wind but when they reached Their wings outstretched, they glided, side by side, Is heard across wide earth, sent down to himĪ pair of eagles from the mountain's peak. Himselfe and friends in their retreate for home. Much care sustaind, to save from overthrowes With all their manners, mindes and fashions, Of sacred Troy had sackt and shiverd downe. That wanderd wondrous farre when He the towne Wound with his wisedome to his wished stay He num'rous woes on Ocean toss'd, endured, Muse make the man thy theme, for shrewdness famedĪnd manners learn'd of men, in lands remote. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted moreover, he suffered much by the sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home. Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he sacked the famous town of Troy. To save his life, to bring his shipmates home. In his deep heart at sea, while he fought only Of that man skilled in all ways of contending,Īnd learned the minds of many distant men,Īnd weathered many bitter nights and days Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story Striving for his life and his companions' return. On the ocean he suffered many pains within his heart,
He saw the cities of many men, and he knew their thought Ways wandered when he had sacked Troy's holy citadel Tell me, Muse, about the man of many turns, who many He saw the cities-mapped the minds-of many Īnd on the sea, his spirit suffered every
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