To make more lofty the last monument
Raised for the sons of Peleus. There the bard,
Soothing their restless ghosts with magic song,
A glorious immortality shall give
Those Grecian princes, in all lands renowned
Which ancient ocean wraps in his embrace.
And thou too, Hector! shalt the meed receive
Of pitying tears, where’er the patriot’s blood
Is prized or mourned—so long as yonder sun
Shall roll in heaven, and shine on human woes!”