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terrors along the road
"things along the road that frighten them"
when the almond tree blossoms
The "almond tree" is a tree that blossoms in the winter with white flowers.
when grasshoppers drag themselves along
A large, straight-winged insect that has the ability to jump a long way. Here it has gotten old and weak.
when natural desires fail
"when people no longer desire what they once did naturally"
Then the man goes to his eternal home
"Then the man goes to the place of the dead forever" or "Then the person dies and never returns to life"
the mourners go around in the streets
Possible meanings are: that mourners go around in the streets to attend a funeral, or that mourners go around in the streets to the house of the person who is about to die.