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Alaric Alexandria Antonina appeared approached Aquileia arms Basilica of St beheld beneath Carrio child Christian Church Cloth companions corpse couch countenance cried darkness daugh dead death deserted despair door earth Edges and Gilt emotions expression eyes face faculties famine farm-house fatal father fear fierce Fritigern garden gates gaze girl girl's gloomy Goisvintha Gothic Gothic lines Goths hand heard heart Hermanric hope hour instant light lips listened living looked lute Macrinus ment mind mournful moved mysterious never night numbers Numerian once onward Pagan palace passed patrician paused Pincian Pincian Hill portico priests Ravenna remember repose Roman Rome rose round scene seemed senator side silence slaves slowly solitary sound spoke Stilicho stood strange street suburbs suddenly temple tent thought Tiber tion tones tonina trembling triumph turned Ulpius vellum Vetranio voice walls warrior watch words worship young
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