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I hardly know an instance in poetry of so great an effect produced by means so simple. There is something irresistibly pathetic in the lines "Qualis erat populi facies, clamorque faventum Olim cum juvenis " and something unspeakably solemn in the sudden turn which follows "Crastina dira quies " There are two passages in Lucan which surpass in eloquence anything that I know in the Latin language.
Thus, what with Tom's horn, the holloaing of the whips, and the shouts of the riders, a very pretty notion may be formed of what Virgil calls: "Clamorque virûm, clangorque tubarum." A terrible noise is the result!
"Show him in!" he said, "show him in!" And, as soon as the mayor entered, he continued: "For you will be able to tell me the meaning of all this noise, this beating of drums, "'Clamorque, virum, clangorque tubarum." "A terrible misfortune has happened," answered the mayor.
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