Overwhelming grief and sorrow:
naked bodies of the dead
corpses are transformed to victuals:
vultures, ravens, wolves eat well
horror piled on horror: bodies
lacking burial
Pain-filled wails of lamentation,
I may give them voice no more
each of them who mourn must master
surging tears as best they can
for the dead we pray, lamenting,
Lord have mercy on their souls
requiescant in pace
Battle of Fontenoy
June 25, 841 CE
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