When they saw that Patroclus was slain,<\/p>\n
who had been so stalwart, and strong, and young,<\/p>\n
the horses of Achilles started to weep;<\/p>\n
their immortal nature was indignant<\/p>\n
at the sight of this work of death.<\/p>\n
They would shake their heads and toss their manes,<\/p>\n
stamp the ground with their feet, and mourn<\/p>\n
Patroclus who they realized was lifeless\u2013\u2013 undone\u2013\u2013<\/p>\n
worthless flesh now\u2013\u2013his spirit lost\u2013\u2013<\/p>\n
defenseless\u2013\u2013without breath\u2013\u2013<\/p>\n
returned from life to the the great Nothing.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Zeus saw the tears of the immortal horses<\/p>\n
and grew sad. “At the wedding of Peleus,”<\/p>\n
he said, “I should not have acted so thoughtlessly;<\/p>\n
it would have been better my hapless horses<\/p>\n
if we had not given you! What are you doing down there,<\/p>\n
among woebegone humanity, the plaything of fate?<\/p>\n
You for whom neither death nor old age lie in wait,<\/p>\n
you are harassed by transitory calamities.<\/p>\n
Men have implicated you in their troubles.”\u2013\u2013Yet the two<\/p>\n
noble animals went on shedding their tears<\/p>\n
for the never-ending calamity of death.<\/p>\n
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