Book 3.472-481
As Anchises prepares the fleet, Helenus bids him farewell, and offers a final bit of advice.
Interea classem velis aptare iubebat
472
Anchises, fieret vento mora ne qua ferenti.
473
Quem Phoebi interpres multo compellat honore:
474
“Coniugio, Anchise, Veneris dignate superbo,
475
cura deum, bis Pergameis erepte ruinis,
476
ecce tibi Ausoniae tellus; hanc arripe velis.
477
Et tamen hanc pelago praeterlabare necesse est;
478
Ausoniae pars illa procul, quam pandit Apollo.
479
Vade,” ait “O felix nati pietate. Quid ultra
480
provehor, et fando surgentis demoror austros?”
481