ardet abire fuga dulcisque relinquere terras, / attonitus tanto monitu imperioque deorum. (Aeneid, 4.281-282) Using the Latin describe Aeneas' emotions at this point.

"[Aeneas] burned to go in flight and to abandon the sweet lands, / dazed by the great vision and by the power of the gods." - Aeneas is eager to be gone ('ardet') - Aeneas is stunned by the vision he has seen ('attonitus') - The description of the lands as sweet ('dulcis') may suggest some regret

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