With that and with all his might the old man flings his spear— but too impotent now to pierce, it merely… — Virgil
With that
and with all his might the old man flings his spear—
but too impotent now to pierce, it merely grazes
Pyrrhus' brazen shield that blocks its way
and clings there, dangling limp from the boss,
all for nothing.
Sic fatus senior telumque imbelle sine ictu
Coniecit, rauco quod protinus aere repulsum,
Et summo clipei nequiquam umbone pependit.
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