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The Host Marches from Madain
Book E4 · Anooshirvan’s Last Years

The Host Marches from Madain

From E4.1, Anooshirvan Prepares to March on Rum. It illustrates E4.1.63–67:

  • E4.1.63
    He ordered horns and Indian bells to sound;On elephants the kousts shook all the ground.
  • E4.1.64
    The dust rose dark, the daylight seemed to wane;From Madain marched the troops across the plain.
  • E4.1.65
    So vast their ranks, the green sea seemed to quail,While flags and karnays stirred along the trail.
  • E4.1.66
    The horsemen rode in golden boots arrayed;Their streaming banners filled the sky with shade.
  • E4.1.67
    The stars themselves seemed wholly drowned from sight,And turning heaven reeled beneath their might.

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Anooshirvan
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