"Thrice from the dyke he sent his mighty shout,
Thrice backward reel'd the Trojans and allies."
The fragment of verse is incomplete, but we have little doubt that when we see it complete, we shall read something of this kind:—
"Thrice rolled his glowing eye, with fury fired,
And thrice his spear leapt forward at the foe;
Whilst as the sinking sun proclaimed it three,
He thrice imbued it in the Trojan's blood.
Then stood he where three stones were rudely piled,
And thrice he thought what next his course should be;
Thrice wiped the triple tears that dewed his cheek,