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Gav Mourns Talkhand on the Field

Gav Mourns Talkhand on the Field

From E2.3, Gav, Talkhand, and Chess. It illustrates E2.3.435–446 (to E2.3.448):

  • E2.3.435
    Gav then dismounted, and on foot he wentFor two farsangs, in tears and long lament.
  • E2.3.436
    When he beheld dead young Talkhand, aghast,And saw the soldiers’ faces overcast,
  • E2.3.437
    He searched the body, scanning head to heel,But found no wound of arrow or of steel.
  • E2.3.438
    Then that exalted monarch wailed aloud,And sat beside the corpse with anguish bowed.
  • E2.3.439
    He said, “Alas, young warrior, you are gone,Your wounded soul in anguish traveling on.
  • E2.3.440
    You died beneath the malice of your star;Else no cruel wind had struck you from afar.
  • E2.3.441
    You cast your teachers’ counsel all away,And darkened now your mother’s heart today.
  • E2.3.442
    Much did I warn you with all kindliness,But my advice could bring you no success.”
  • E2.3.443
    When Gav’s own sage beheld Talkhand lie dead,The world-aspiring prince, his spirit fled,
  • E2.3.444
    And saw his brother wailing on the plain,With cries that pierced the sky in bitter pain,
  • E2.3.445
    He too lamented, grieving at Gav’s side,And cried, “Alas, young prince,” and deeply sighed.
  • E2.3.446
    Then turning lips toward counsel, he addressedGav, whose grief was thunder in his breast:

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