Misenus
Americannoun
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Nor less meanwhile the Teucrians weep Misenus on the shore, And do last service to the dead that hath no thanks to pay.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris
Virgil tells us, that Misenus was buried, in the clothes he commonly wore.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
And therewithal the Teucrians on the beach wept Misenus, and bore the last rites to the thankless ashes.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
Dead with dishonour, in unseemly plight, Misenus, son of Æolus, whom beside None better knew with brazen blast to light The flames of war, and wake the warrior's pride.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor
Aeneas must first possess a golden branch to present to Proserpina, and celebrate the funeral rites of his friend, Misenus, who yet lay unburied.
From National Epics by Kate Milner Rabb
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