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Night Falls and Dara's Line Breaks

Night Falls and Dara's Line Breaks

From D4.6, Iskandar Fights Dara and Dara Flees. It illustrates D4.6.6–11:

  • D4.6.6
    The monarchs drew their armies forth to stand,With spear and gorz and khanjar held in hand.
  • D4.6.7
    The armies’ clamor thundered to the sphere,And tore, it seemed, the turning heaven’s ear.
  • D4.6.8
    The earth became a sea of streaming red,And headless trunks lay mingled with the dead.
  • D4.6.9
    No father could attend his son that day,As faithless fortune turned from men away.
  • D4.6.10
    Night fell, and Dara broke beneath attack;Iskandar girded, set to drive him back.
  • D4.6.11
    The Shah withdrew to Kerman in defeat,To save his life and lead his troops’ retreat.

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