See the clear and affecting account of Sir John Moore’s last moments, by the present Lord Hardinge, annexed to Mr. Moore’s Narrative.
XL. “The pillow tended by the loving wife,” &c.
See the beautiful speech of Andromache over the body of Hector:—
Οὐ γάρ μοι θνήσκων λεχέων ἐκ χεῖρας ὄρεξας·
Οὐδέ τί μοι εἶπες πυκινὸν ἔπος, οὗτέ κεν αἰεὶ
Μεμνήμην νύκτας τε καὶ ἤματα δακρυχέουσα.
Hom. Il. xxiv. 743.
XLIII. “Thou wilt not go—thou wilt not, Carlos, leave,” &c.
Clyt. Ποῦ σ’ αὖθις ὀψόμεθα; ποῦ χρή μ’ ἀθλίαν
Ἐλθοῦσαν εὑρεῖν σὴν χὲρ’, ἐπίκουρον κακῶν;