ceu flamina comprimit Auster cum fera et abscedens reddit mare, navita parco interea voto non auras poscit arnicas, contentus caruisse Noto, pacemque quietam pro facili cursu reputat satis, omnis in altum Sidonius visus converterat undique miles; ductor defixos Itala tellure tenebat intentus vultus, manantesque ora rigabant per taciturn lacrimae, et suspiria crebra ciebat, haud secus ac patriam pulsus dulcesque penates linqueret et tristes exul traheretur in oras.
So, when the gale ceases to blow and departs, leaving the sea once more to the mariners, their prayers are modest and ask no favouring breezes: it is enough for them that the storm has ceased, and they find the calm as good as a speedy voyage. While all the Carthaginian soldiers bent their gaze upon the sea, Hannibal kept his eyes steadily fixed on the Italian coast; the silent tears flowed down his cheeks, and again and again he sighed, like an exile driven to a dismal shore, who leaves behind his native land and the home he loves.
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