πόθῳ δὲ τοῦ θανόντος ἠγκιστρωμένη ψυχὴν περισπαίροντι φυσήσει νεκρῷ → pierced by sorrow for the dead shall breathe forth her soul on the quivering body
P. and V. κύκνος, ὁ (Plato).
swanlike: V. κυκνόμορφος.
swansong: see Aesch., Agamemnon 1444.