nec subiere domos, sed circum funera pernox turba sedet, vicibusque datis alterna gementes igne feras planctuque fugant; nec dulcibus astris victa, nec assiduo coierunt lumina fletu.
They went not home but all night long the multitude sat around their dead taking turns to groan and scare off wild beasts with fire and breast-beating. Their eyes did not close, overborne neither by the sweet stars nor by continual tears.
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