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Or may some meaner cause thy pity<br />

claim?<br />

Perhaps yon relics <strong>of</strong> the Grecian<br />

name,<br />

Doom'd in their ships to sink by fire<br />

and sword,<br />

And pay the forfeit <strong>of</strong> their haughty<br />

lord?<br />

Whate'er the cause, reveal thy<br />

secret care,<br />

And speak those sorrows which a<br />

friend would share."<br />

A sigh that instant from his bosom<br />

broke,<br />

Another follow'd, and Patroclus<br />

spoke:<br />

"Let Greece at length with pity<br />

touch thy breast,<br />

Thyself a Greek; and, once, <strong>of</strong><br />

Greeks the best!<br />

Lo! every chief that might her fate<br />

prevent,

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