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Exhort their men, with praises,<br />

threats, commands;<br />

And urge the gods, with voices,<br />

eyes, and hands.<br />

Experienced Nestor chief obtests<br />

the skies,<br />

And weeps his country with a father's<br />

eyes.<br />

"O Jove! if ever, on his native<br />

shore,<br />

One Greek enrich'd thy shrine with<br />

<strong>of</strong>fer'd gore;<br />

If e'er, in hope our country to behold,<br />

We paid the fattest firstlings <strong>of</strong> the<br />

fold;<br />

If e'er thou sign'st our wishes with<br />

thy nod:<br />

Perform the promise <strong>of</strong> a gracious<br />

god!<br />

This day preserve our navies from<br />

the flame,

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