Northampton Area High School - Amptennian Yearbook (Northampton, PA)

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Driven by the heavy seas The fleet was widely scattered, but all Came at last to Carthage, Where the good will of the goddess Venus Brings them To joyful reunion. Dido, Queen of Carthage, Compassionate, Bade the wanderers stay until the time When their ships would be repaired And fit again for the prolonged journey; Too long They have remained. Aeneas and Dido brought together Through the wiles of Juno. Queen of Heaven, In agreement with Venus, loved. Were wed and for a time noble Aeneas Forgot His mission. At last Mercury sent by Jove Appeared with the Sire’s commands To depart again on the long search For the Trojan kingdom. Loyal Aeneas, Penitent, Prepared to obey. When at length upon the sea The Dardanians sailed again. Dido, left at Carthage, despairing Brought by her death a tragic end To a love Unwisely sought. Arrived again at Drepanum, 1 he band of Aeneas celebrates games In loving memory of Anchise. Upon the spot where his soul was loosed To probe The under depths. The Trojan matrons all aroused By the words of Iris sent from Juno. Attempted to burn the Trojan fleet, But Jove mindful of Aeneas's tearful prayers Sent rain To save it. •f 13

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Then one night in the hero's dreams Appollo reappeared and bade the Trojans Make for Italy, their true land And the kingdom destined by the gods For lulus As his realm. The hastily gathered band set out But were caught in a fearful storm And driven to the Strophades, There to be preyed on by the Harpies, Winged lords Of the island. Caelenus, chief of the Harpy tribe, Forced the stranded to heed her fearful prophecy And take off from Harpinian shores To cruise along the gentle coast of Epirus To the city Of Buthrotum. Here they found Andromache, Former wife of Hector, now the spouse Of Helenus, son of Priam. Gifted prophet and king of the realm, Affording Temporary refuge. Helenus gave vent to his gift And warned his father's former subjects To circle about Sicilia, Since the uncertain strait of Pelorus Was fraught With two-fold danger. On the right fierce Scylla brawled And on the left implacable Charybdis: So with the parting gifts of Helenus, The Trojans embarked once more, and the cruise To Italy Was continued. From the hands of the fierce Cyclops, Achaemenides was rescued as they passed To the port of Drepanum Where aged father Anchiscs was lost To all To be no more. i 12}

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Those who wished to remain Peacefully stationed at Drepanum, Built there for themselves A new Ilium with Acestes for their king To rule In equity. The remaining few set sail, And at Venus’ imprecations to Neptune A safe voyage was promised With the loss of one alone, Palinurus, Captain Of the fleet. Italy at last! Sibyl of Cumae Was consulted and she attended Aeneas In his descent to lower Hades To visit his father, mortal no longer. Who revealed Their awaiting fate. Building the kingdom at the place Designated by the fates, the Dardanians Founded again a mighty realm Which suffered wars and revolution. But stood Triumphant at last. Such is the story of the hero And his faithful followers, whose fates Rested in the hands of dietics Who wrangled always among themselves To control The ordained kingdom. And now. behold! Great Rome Empire of all the world, built upon The trials and sacrifices Of this unselfish band bears evidence Of victory, Won through faith! —Gloria Sieger A H}