What man. — Rather, What hero, or champion, or great man. The word is used of a king (Jeremiah 22:30; comp. Isaiah 22:17). The verse repeats a common poetic theme: —
“Pallida mors æquo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas,
Regumque turres.” — HORACE, I. Od. iv.
The hand of the grave. — Rather, of the underworld, “hand” being used for “power.”