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Hark! the gates burst, the brazen<br />

barriers roar!<br />

Impetuous Hector thunders at the<br />

wall;<br />

<strong>The</strong> hour, the spot, to conquer, or to<br />

fall."<br />

<strong>The</strong>se words the Grecians' fainting<br />

hearts inspire,<br />

And listening armies catch the godlike<br />

fire.<br />

Fix'd at his post was each bold Ajax<br />

found,<br />

With well-ranged squadrons<br />

strongly circled round:<br />

So close their order, so disposed<br />

their fight,<br />

As Pallas' self might view with<br />

fix'd delight;<br />

Or had the god <strong>of</strong> war inclined his<br />

eyes,<br />

<strong>The</strong> god <strong>of</strong> war had own'd a just<br />

surprise.

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