stat tamen, extremumque in sidera versus anhelat, pectoraque invisis obicit fumantia muris; nec caderet, sed membra virum terrena relinquunt, exuiturque animus; paulum si tardius artus cessissent, potuit fulmen sperare secundum.
but still he stands and breathes his last against the stars, leaning his smoking breast against the hated walls. Nor would he have fallen; but his earthly limbs desert him and his spirit is set free. If his body had yielded a little later, he might have hoped for  a second bolt.
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