C.D. Warner, et al., comp. The Library of the World’s Best Literature.
An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.
Unplaced Fragments
By Ennius (239–169 B.C.)
Alliteration
Against the walls
Many a mighty machine in menace moves.
An Homeric Simile
Then as a well-fed horse in lordly pride
Breaking his halter from the stable darts,
Rushes across the joyous azure fields
With an exultant heart, oft shakes his mane,
While by the eager breath from his hot breast
The white foam far is flung.
A Vaulting Boast
Valiant the Romans as the heavens are high.