Hīc vērō ingentem pugnam, ceu cētera nusquam
bella forent, nūllī tōtā morerentur in urbe,
sīc Mārtem indomitum Danaōsque ad tēcta ruentīs440
cernimus obsessumque āctā testūdine līmen.
Haerent parietibus scālae postīsque sub ipsōs
nītuntur gradibus clipeōsque ad tēla sinistrīs
prōtēctī obiciunt, prēnsant fastīgia dextrīs.
Dardanidae contrā turrīs ac tōta domōrum445
culmina convellunt; hīs sē, quandō ultima cernunt,
extrēmā iam in morte parant dēfendere tēlīs,
aurātāsque trabēs, veterum decora alta parentum,
dēvolvunt; aliī strictīs mūcrōnibus īmās
obsēdēre forēs, hās servant agmine dēnsō.450
Īnstaurātī animī rēgis succurrere tēctīs
auxiliōque levāre virōs vimque addere victīs.
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