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Viseh Finds His Son Slain

Viseh Finds His Son Slain

From B1.8, Viseh Finds His Son Slain. It illustrates B1.8.2–7:

  • B1.8.2
    Before he reached Gharan upon the plain,He found his son among the Turan slain.
  • B1.8.3
    There lay his son where blood had soaked the ground,His torn standard and overturned koust around.
  • B1.8.4
    His shroud was tulip-red where he lay still;His yellow face was past all hurt and ill.
  • B1.8.5
    Around him Turan’s chiefs lay cut and hewn,All cast aside across the field, and strewn.
  • B1.8.6
    The sight so struck Viseh with grief and pain,It seemed his heart had split beneath the strain.
  • B1.8.7
    Hot tears poured down; his sight was blurred with woe,He spurred his horse and charged against the foe.

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