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He said; and backward to the lines<br />

retired;<br />

Forth rush'd the youth with martial<br />

fury fired,<br />

Beyond the foremost ranks; his<br />

lance he threw,<br />

And round the black battalions cast<br />

his view.<br />

<strong>The</strong> troops <strong>of</strong> Troy recede with sudden<br />

fear,<br />

While the swift javelin hiss'd along<br />

in air.<br />

Advancing Melanippus met the dart<br />

With his bold breast, and felt it in<br />

his heart:<br />

Thundering he falls; his falling<br />

arms resound,<br />

And his broad buckler rings against<br />

the ground.<br />

<strong>The</strong> victor leaps upon his prostrate<br />

prize:<br />

Thus on a roe the well-breath'd<br />

beagle flies,

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