Note 492 — RAPE OF THE LOCK. (continued 2)
Reading edition
The entreaties to stay which Dido's sister, Anna, addressed to Æneas.—Croker.
Virgil says that the pathetic entreaties to stay sent a thrill of grief through the mighty breast of Æneas, but that his resolution was unshaken. Pope's couplet supposes that he inwardly wavered.