In vain she strives with dying hands
 
 To wrench away the blade:
 
 Fixed in her ribs the weapon stands,
 
 Closed by the wound it made.
 
 Bloodless and faint, she gasps for breath;
 
 Her heavy eyes sink down in death;
 
 Her cheek's bright colors fade.
Aeneid (29–19 BC) - Book X























