Book 9.525-529
The poet invokes the Muse of epic poetry to help him tell of the slaughter wrought by Turnus.
Vos, o Calliope, precor, adspirate canenti,
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quas ibi tum ferro strages, quae funera Turnus
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ediderit, quem quisque virum demiserit Orco;
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et mecum ingentis oras evolvite belli,
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[et meministis enim, divae, et memorare potestis.]
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