THE " ILIAD" AND " ODYSSEY " IN "SOHRAB AND RUSTUM" 89 



man and clansman give him burial, with barrow and pillar, for such is the 

 due of the dead." Compare also II. 11:371; 16:457; I 7 : 434 I -5 Ody. 

 12:14^ "That lovely earth" recalls Homer's frequent use of the 

 adjective ipaTetvos, applied to countries and cities, as in Ody. 7:79: 

 "lovely Scheria;" II. 3:239: "lovely Lakedaimon." 

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Till now all strength was ebb'd and from his limbs 



Unwillingly the spirit fled away, 



Regretting the warm mansion which it left, 



And youth and bloom, and this delightful world. 



Compare //. 16:855 ff.: "Even as he spoke, the end of death overshad- 

 owed him. And his soul, fleeting from his limbs, went down to the home 

 of Hades, wailing its doom, leaving manhood and youth." Compare 

 also //. 22:361 ff. 



