The Aeneid - pg. 316

At this point Jupiter slyly said to Juno:

"Sister and his wife, too, most delightful wife,

As you were thinking -- not amiss, that thought --

It must be Venus who sustains the Trojans,

Not their good right arms in war, their keen

Combativeness and fortitude in danger."

In low tones Juno answered:

"Darling husband,

Why provoked me, heartsick as I am,

And fearing as I do your grim decrees?

If my love mattered to you as it did

And should, you would not, O Omnipotent,

Deny me this: the power to spirit Turnus

Out of the battle and to keep him safe

For his father, Daunus. Well then, let him perish,

Give Trojans quittance with his gentle blood!

And yet he took his name from our own stock,

The Aeneid - pg. 310

Hercules heard him. Deep in his heart he quelled

A mighty groan, and let the vain tears flow.

At this the Olympian father addressed his son

In kindness:

"Every man's last day is fixed.

Lifetimes are brief, and not to be regained,

For all mankind. But by their deeds to make

Their fame last: that is labor for the brave.

Below the walls of Troy so many sons

Of gods went down, among them, yes, my child,

Sarpedon. Turnus, too, is called by fate.

He stands at the given limit of his years."