"Infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo Venerat exstinctam ferroque extrema secutam? Funeris heu tibi causa fui? per sidera iuro, Per superos et si qua fides tellure sub ima est, Inuitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi."
— Aeneid

January 1, 1970

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Epic poetryWorks by Virgil
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Lines 456–460 (tr. Fagles); Aeneas to Dido's ghost. — Variant translation (by Seamus Heaney) of Invitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi: "I embarked from your shore, my queen, unwillingly."