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So many a fire between the ships and stream
Of Xanthus blazed before the towers of Troy,
A thousand on the plain; and close by each
Sat fifty in the blaze of burning fire;
And champing golden grain, the horses stood
Hard by their chariots, waiting for the dawn.[1]
Iliad 8. 542—561.
- ↑ Or more literally—
And eating hoary grain and pulse the steeds
Stood by their cars, waiting the thronèd morn.
BRADBURY AND EVANS PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
