A writer from antiquity (Virgil?) by Mathieu Kessels 1784-1836

"Our country Gods, in whom our trust we place,
Will yet from ruin save the Trojan race,
While we behold such dauntless worth appear
In dawning youth, and souls so void of fear"

-Virgil, The Aeneid: Book 9

A writer from antiquity (Virgil?) by Mathieu Kessels 1784-1836.

Source:

https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2048001/Athena_Plus_ProvidedCHO_KIK_IRPA__Brussels__Belgium__AP_10367475

 

Quote:

http://classics.mit.edu/Virgil/aeneid.9.ix.html