# Quote — Virgil, The Aeneid

> Euryalus
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> In death went reeling down,
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> And blood streamed on his handsome length, his neck
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> Collapsing let his head fall on his shoulder—
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> As a bright flower cut by a passing plow
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> Will droop and wither slowly, or a poppy
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> Bow its head upon its tired stalk
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> When overborne by a passing rain.

- Author: [Virgil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil.md)
- Book: [The Aeneid](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid.md)
- Original (la): Volvitur Euryalus leto, pulchrosque per artus / It cruor inque umeros cervix conlapsa recumbit: / Purpureus veluti cum flos succisus aratro / Languescit moriens; lassove papavera collo / Demisere caput, pluvia cum forte gravantur.
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Virgil#Book_IX) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid/euryalus-in-death

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