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Iskandar Strikes Down Foor

Iskandar Strikes Down Foor

From D5.15, Iskandar Fights the Army of Foor. It illustrates D5.15.31–37:

  • D5.15.31
    They took their blades and wheeled across the space,To meet each other in that deadly place.
  • D5.15.32
    Foor, elephantine, rode a mountain grand,And bore a mighty dragon in his hand.
  • D5.15.33
    Iskandar marveled, troubled by the strife,And in his heart despaired of his own life.
  • D5.15.34
    They circled still; behind the troops a soundOf shouting rose across the battleground.
  • D5.15.35
    Foor’s heart grew troubled at the sudden shout;His head and eyes and ears all turned about.
  • D5.15.36
    Through dust, like wind, Iskandar charged ahead,And struck the lion, whose red blood he shed.
  • D5.15.37
    His sword struck head and neck beneath the crown,And brought the giant crashing lifeless down.

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