Chapter CLXIV

Alone the Count Rolland retraced his steps
Throughout the field. Vales, mounts, he searched, and found
Gerin and his companion Gerier, then
Berengier and Otun; here Anseis,
There Sansun, then beyond, Gerard the old
De Roussillon he found--one after one
He bore each knight within his arms, and placed
Them gently, side by side, before the knees
Of Turpin who cannot restrain his tears;
With lifted hands he blesses them and says:
"Most hapless Knights!--May God the Glorious
Receive your souls, and in his Paradise
'Mid holy flowers place them!--In this hour
Of death, my deepest grief is that no more
The mighty Emperor I shall behold!"
Aoi.