Each man afield bleeds with him. See, your wound!

By Thaumas' claw-foot maids, 'tis past a scratch!

Dion. I feel not this—but O, fair Syracuse!

Rock in thy fiery cradle till the sea

Gets up to weep, and bending gods pour down

Remorseful tears to drown the reddening shame

That blushes o'er the moon and writes the name

Of hell upon the stars!

[A sudden burst of noise and flame from the heights of Achridina]

Art gone, my city?...