Iamque ascendebant collem, qui plurimus urbi Imminet adversasque aspectat desuper arces. 420 Miratur molem Aeneas, magalia quondam, Miratur portas strepitumque et strata viarum. Instant ardentes Tyrii pars ducere muros Molirique arcem et manibus subvolvere saxa, Pars optare locum tecto et concludere sulco; 425 Iura magistratusque legunt sanctumque senatum; Hic portus alii effodiunt; hinc lata theatris Fundamenta locant alii, immanesque columnas Rupibus excidunt, scaenis decora alta futuris. Qualis apes aestate nova per florea rura 430 Exercet sub sole labor, cum gentis adultos Educunt fetus, aut cum līquentia mella Stipant et dulci distendunt nectare cellas, Aut onera accipiunt venientum, aut agmine facto Ignavum fucos pecus a praesepibus arcent: 435 Fervet opus, redolentque thymo fragrantia mella. ‘O fortunati, quorum iam moenia surgunt!’ Aeneas ait, et fastigia suspicit urbis. VERGIL, _Aen._ i. 419-438. [Linenotes: 419. +plurimus+ = _in huge mass_, with the predicate +imminet+. 421. +magalia+ = _huts_, a Carthaginian (Phoenician) word. Cf. μέγαρον. 422. +strata viarum+ = _stratas vias_ = _the paved roads_. --Sidgwick. 423, 424, 425. +ducere ... moliri ... subvolvere ... optare ... concludere+, dependent on the idea of _eagerness_ or _striving_ in +instant+.--S. 426. Vergil is thinking, as often, of Roman institutions, and not of what was appropriate to heroic times. Cf. _Aen._ i. 507-8. 430-436. This simile is a reproduction of _Georg._ iv. 162-169. Cf. Milton, _Par. Lost_, i. 768: ‘As bees In springtime, when the sun with Taurus rides, Pour forth their populous youth about the hive.’ 432. +līquentia+ = _liquid_, from +līquor+, dep. Elsewhere Vergil uses +lĭquens+ from +lĭqueo+. 433. +Stipant+ = _pack_, the notion of _pushing_ and _tightness_ being given in the very sound of the heavy overhanging spondees in this line. --S. 435. +Ignavum ... arcent+ = _drive the drones, a slothful herd, from the enclosure_. Notice the order. --Page. 437. ‘The want of a city is the key-note of the _Aeneid_.’ --Conington.] C4 FIRST PUNIC WAR, 264-241 B.C. _A Roman Martyr. Country before Expediency._