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That shed a lustre round the illumined<br />

wall,<br />

Though I, disdainful <strong>of</strong> the distant<br />

war,<br />

Nor trust the dart, nor aim the uncertain<br />

spear,<br />

Yet hand to hand I fight, and spoil<br />

the slain;<br />

And thence these trophies, and<br />

these arms I gain.<br />

Enter, and see on heaps the helmets<br />

roll'd,<br />

And high-hung spears, and shields<br />

that flame with gold."<br />

"Nor vain (said Merion) are our<br />

martial toils;<br />

We too can boast <strong>of</strong> no ignoble<br />

spoils:<br />

But those my ship contains; whence<br />

distant far,<br />

I fight conspicuous in the van <strong>of</strong><br />

war,

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