Book 7.456-466
Allecto plants a torch in Turnus' chest. He becomes enraged and desires war. Turnus is compared to a boiling cauldron.
Sic effata facem iuveni coniecit et atro
456
lumine fumantis fixit sub pectore taedas.
457
Olli somnum ingens rumpit pavor, ossaque et artus
458
perfundit toto proruptus corpore sudor;
459
arma amens fremit, arma toro tectisque requirit;
460
saevit amor ferri et scelerata insania belli,
461
ira super: magno veluti cum flamma sonore
462
virgea suggeritur costis undantis aeni
463
exsultantque aestu latices, furit intus aquai
464
fumidus atque alte spumis exuberat amnis,
465
nec iam se capit unda, volat vapor ater ad auras.
466
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