Then thrice around the kindled piles they go (For ancient custom had ordain'd it so) ; Thrice horse and foot about the fires are led; And thrice, with loud laments, they hail the dead. Tears, trickling down their breasts, bedew the ground, And drums and... The Lives of the Twelve Caesars - Page 3by Elisa Rogers - 1811Full view - About this book
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1909 - 1112 pages
...they go (For ancient custom had ordain'd it so) ; Thrice horse and foot about the fires are led; 290 And thrice, with loud laments, they hail the dead. Tears, trickling down their breasts, bedew the ground, And drums and trumpets mix their mournful sound. Amid the blaze, their pious... | |
| Virgil - Poetry - 1997 - 434 pages
...they go (For ancient custom had ordained it so): Thrice horse and foot about the fires are led; 290 And thrice with loud laments they hail the dead. Tears, trickling down their breasts, bedew the ground; And drums and trumpets mix their mournful sound. Amid the blaze, their pious... | |
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