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Ardeshir Falls in the Arrow-Storm
Book C6 · Goshtasb, Zardosht, and the War with Arjasp

Ardeshir Falls in the Arrow-Storm

From C6.12, The Opening of the Battle. It illustrates C6.12.14–18:

  • C6.12.14
    First came Ardeshir, the great Shah’s son,A horseman fair, with battle just begun.
  • C6.12.15
    Like some mad elephant he crossed the field;He seemed like Tus beneath his lifted shield.
  • C6.12.16
    He wheeled before the battle-line below;He did not know what Fate would soon bestow.
  • C6.12.17
    An arrow pierced his waist through jowshan’s scale,And from his bay he tumbled, pierced and pale.
  • C6.12.18
    Dust mixed with blood to mar his former grace;Woe for the moonlike beauty of his face!
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