Sentence:  And not any longer as a king did Winter appear in those streets, as when the city was decked with gleaming white to greet him as a conqueror and he rode in with his glittering icicles and haughty <WSD>retinue</WSD> of prancing winds, but he sat there with a little wind at the corner of the street like some old blind beggar with his hungry dog. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important.