The ruins of himself, now worn away With age, yet still majestic in decay. [γήραϊ τειρόμενον, μέγα δὲ φρεσὶ πένθος ἔχοντα] Describing Laertes as Odysseus finds him. Gloss by Pope, as the original just describes him as "worn with age and grieving." (Source (Greek))