Note 39 — Chapter VII · THE TROJANS LAND IN LATIUM.
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Andrew Marvell most likely borrowed his thought from the Roman poet in his graceful lines, “The Nymph’s Complaint:”—
“The wanton troopers, riding by, Have shot my fawn, and it will die. Ungentle men! they cannot thrive Who killed thee. Thou ne’er didst alive Them any harm, alas! nor could Thy death yet do them any good.”