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[pg<br />

250]<br />

How many Trojans yield, disperse,<br />

or fall!<br />

What troops, out-number'd, scarce<br />

the war maintain!<br />

And what brave heroes at the ships<br />

lie slain!<br />

Here cease thy fury: and, the chiefs<br />

and kings<br />

Convoked to council, weigh the<br />

sum <strong>of</strong> things.<br />

Whether (the gods succeeding our<br />

desires)<br />

To yon tall ships to bear the Trojan<br />

fires;<br />

Or quit the fleet, and pass unhurt<br />

away,<br />

Contented with the conquest <strong>of</strong> the<br />

day.<br />

I fear, I fear, lest Greece, not yet<br />

undone,<br />

Pay the large debt <strong>of</strong> last revolving<br />

sun;

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