Of Pallas slain—, by Fame, which just before

His triumphs on distended pinions bore.

Rushing from out the gate, the people stand,

Each with a funeral flambeau in his hand.

Wildly they stare, distracted with amaze:

The fields are lightened with a fiery blaze,

That casts a sullen splendour on their friends—

The marching troop which their dead prince attends.

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{ Both parties meet: they raise a doleful cry;