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But dare not murmur, dare not vent<br />

a sigh;<br />

Thy own loved boasted <strong>of</strong>fspring<br />

lies o'erthrown,<br />

If that loved boasted <strong>of</strong>fspring be<br />

thy own."<br />

Stern Mars, with anguish for his<br />

slaughter'd son,<br />

Smote his rebelling breast, and<br />

fierce begun:<br />

"Thus then, immortals! thus shall<br />

Mars obey;<br />

Forgive me, gods, and yield my<br />

vengeance way:<br />

Descending first to yon forbidden<br />

plain,<br />

<strong>The</strong> god <strong>of</strong> battles dares avenge the<br />

slain;<br />

Dares, though the thunder bursting<br />

o'er my head<br />

Should hurl me blazing on those<br />

heaps <strong>of</strong> dead."

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