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Iskandar Leads Dara's Golden Coffin

Iskandar Leads Dara's Golden Coffin

From D4.9, Dara Tells His Last Wishes to Iskandar and Dies. It illustrates D4.9.70–74:

  • D4.9.70
    They laid him in a coffin wrought of gold;Iskandar’s bloody tears his sorrow told.
  • D4.9.71
    They lifted up the coffin from its stand,And all the mourners laid their hand on hand.
  • D4.9.72
    Iskandar walked ahead, bowed down with pain;The weeping nobles followed in the train.
  • D4.9.73
    He reached the tomb with grief so fierce within,It seemed that anguish split his very skin.
  • D4.9.74
    The coffin on the throne, the tomb was sealedBy royal custom, Dara’s form concealed.

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