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His fate he stands; nor shuns the<br />

lance <strong>of</strong> Crete.<br />

Fix'd as some column, or deeprooted<br />

oak,<br />

While the winds sleep; his breast<br />

received the stroke.<br />

Before the ponderous stroke his<br />

corslet yields,<br />

Long used to ward the death in<br />

fighting fields.<br />

<strong>The</strong> riven armour sends a jarring<br />

sound;<br />

His labouring heart heaves with so<br />

strong a bound,<br />

<strong>The</strong> long lance shakes, and vibrates<br />

in the wound;<br />

Fast flowing from its source, as<br />

prone he lay,<br />

Life's purple tide impetuous gush'd<br />

away.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n Idomen, insulting o'er the<br />

slain:

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