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The Coffer Cast on the Farat

The Coffer Cast on the Farat

From D2.1, Homahyi Abandons Her Son Darab on the River. It illustrates D2.1.31–34:

  • D2.1.31
    At midnight, hushed, they bore the box; none stirred;No lips disturbed the silence with a word.
  • D2.1.32
    They bore it from Homahyi, out of sight,And cast it in Farat that very night.
  • D2.1.33
    Two men went hurrying beside the flow,To learn what fate the child would undergo.
  • D2.1.34
    Like some small ship, the coffer rode the tide;The watchers followed down the riverside.

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