The Æneid of Virgil Translated Into Scottish Verse. Volumes 1 & 2

The poem follows a legendary refugee who flees a ruined city and undertakes a prolonged sea voyage shaped by capricious gods. It mixes adventurous episodes—a tragic liaison with a foreign queen, encounters with divine messengers, and a guided descent into the underworld that reveals destiny—with a later return that erupts into warfare as he seeks to secure a future for his people. Arranged in twelve books, the work alternates voyage, prophecy, and battle and examines themes of fate, duty, piety, exile, and the tension between personal desire and public obligation.