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Homahyi Sees Darab at the Muster

Homahyi Sees Darab at the Muster

From D2.3, Darab Questions His Parentage and Fights the Romans. It illustrates D2.3.36–41:

  • D2.3.36
    She stayed a while upon that broad terrain;She watched the mounted squadrons cross the plain.
  • D2.3.37
    She saw Darab, majestic in his height,A steel gorz at his shoulder gleaming bright.
  • D2.3.38
    His presence seemed to fill the mustering field,As though the earth beneath his stride must yield.
  • D2.3.39
    His noble form and lovely face impressedThe queen; a mother’s milk flowed from her breast.
  • D2.3.40
    She asked, “From where has come this warrior bold,So tall and straight, so noble to behold?
  • D2.3.41
    So proud, so strong; yet look at what he bears:How strange for such a man the arms he wears.”

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