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[pg<br />

282]<br />

With equal ardour Melanippus<br />

glows:<br />

<strong>The</strong>n Ajax thus—"O Greeks! respect<br />

your fame,<br />

Respect yourselves, and learn an<br />

honest shame:<br />

Let mutual reverence mutual<br />

warmth inspire,<br />

And catch from breast to breast the<br />

noble fire,<br />

On valour's side the odds <strong>of</strong> combat<br />

lie;<br />

<strong>The</strong> brave live glorious, or lamented<br />

die;<br />

<strong>The</strong> wretch that trembles in the<br />

field <strong>of</strong> fame,<br />

Meets death, and worse than death,<br />

eternal shame."<br />

His generous sense he not in vain<br />

imparts;

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