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Ranks wedged in ranks; <strong>of</strong> arms a<br />

steely ring<br />

Still grows, and spreads, and thickens<br />

round the king.<br />

As when a circling wall the builder<br />

forms,<br />

Of strength defensive against wind<br />

and storms,<br />

Compacted stones the thickening<br />

work compose,<br />

And round him wide the rising<br />

structure grows:<br />

So helm to helm, and crest to crest<br />

they throng,<br />

Shield urged on shield, and man<br />

drove man along;<br />

Thick, undistinguish'd plumes, together<br />

join'd,<br />

Float in one sea, and wave before<br />

the wind.<br />

Far o'er the rest in glittering pomp<br />

appear,

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