Stray Dogs Howling in the Dark [SDHID]

u'Day was departing, and the embrowned air<br>Released the animals that are on earth<br>From their fatigues; and I the only one<br>Made myself ready to sustain the war,<br>Both of the way and likewise of the woe,<br>Which memory that errs not shall retrace.<br>O Muses, O high genius, now assist me!<br>O memory, that didst write down what I saw,<br>Here thy nobility shall be manifest!<br>And I began: \u201cPoet, who guidest me,<br>Regard my manhood, if it be sufficient.<br>Ere to the arduous pass thou dost confide me.<br>Thou sayest, that of Silvius the parent, <br>While yet corruptible, unto the world<br>Immortal went, and was there bodily.'