Except to Yum Cimil, but onward pressed

And dauntless to the last urged on the rest.

These now restrained the crowd that thronged the ground:

In that vast square no tearless eye was found.

Móo’s sister Nicté, priestess of the Light,

Sustained the hapless Queen thro’ funeral rite.

Coh’s heart, concealed within a close shut urn,

Was near the corpse, to char while that should burn.

That flames might higher leap and quick consume,

Fine scented oils, the hot air to perfume,