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cloak, and it was long ere his smiles were seen 

 again as of yore. 



As for Phaethon, he fell into the great river 

 Po, and messengers hastened to carry the news 

 of his death into the country of his birth. 



And the daughters of the West built him a 

 noble tomb of marble near the shore of the great 

 sea; and they caused an inscription to be en- 

 graved upon it, which said that although he had 

 failed in what he had undertaken, yet he was 

 worthy of honor, because he had set his mind 

 on high things. 



