Be grandly welcom’d to Eternity:”—
And then he blew his trumpet, call’d aloud—
“Bear witness to the deed, ye assembled crowd,
Whilst I the fallen god’s remains enshroud.”
Then, as they alight upon th’ adjacent ground,
Five hundred horse sent forth a trampling sound;
And mighty Hercules was in the rear
(For not another god could bear the gear)—
High in the air, upon the funeral car,
His helmet shining like a glorious star: