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[By Grecian annals it remained untold] |
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[By Grecian annals it remained untold]
By Grecian annals it remained untold,But may be read in Eastern legend old,
How when great Alexander died, he bade
That his two hands uncovered should be laid
Outside the bier—for men therewith to see
(Men who had seen him in his majesty,)
That he had gone the common way of all,
And nothing now his own in death might call;
Nor of the treasures of two empires aught
Within those empty hands unto the grave had brought.
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