Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus)

Author:Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) [Virgil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Poetry
Published: 2008-10-04T22:00:00+00:00

Now past the trench

Were Caesar's companies, when from the hills

Pompeius hurled his host upon their ranks

Shut in, and hampered. Not so much o'erwhelmed

As Caesar's soldiers is the hind who dwells

On Etna's slopes, when blows the southern wind,

And all the mountain pours its cauldrons forth

Upon the vale; and huge Enceladus

Writhing beneath his load spouts o'er the plains

A blazing torrent.

Blinded by the dust,

Encircled, vanquished, ere the fight, they fled

In cloud of terror on their rearward foe,

So rushing on their fates. Thus had the war

Shed its last drop of blood and peace ensued,

But Magnus suffered not, and held his troops.

Back from the battle.

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