"Excutior somno et summi fastigia tecti Ascensu supero atque arrectis auribus asto: In segetem veluti cum flamma furentibus Austris Incidit, aut rapidus montano flumine torrens Sternit agros, sternit sata laeta boumque labores Praecipitisque trahit silvas; stupet inscius alto Accipiens sonitum saxi de vertice pastor."
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Lines 302–308 (tr. Fairclough); Aeneas witnessing the destruction of Troy. — Arrectis auribus adsto.—"I wait with listening ears."
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