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A living prize not long the Trojan<br />

stood;<br />

<strong>The</strong> thirsty falchion drank his reeking<br />

blood:<br />

Plunged in his throat the smoking<br />

weapon lies;<br />

Black death, and fate unpitying,<br />

seal his eyes.<br />

Amid the ranks, with mutual thirst<br />

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

Lycon the brave, and fierce<br />

Peneleus came;<br />

In vain their javelins at each other<br />

flew,<br />

Now, met in arms, their eager<br />

swords they drew.<br />

On the plumed crest <strong>of</strong> his Boeotian<br />

foe<br />

<strong>The</strong> daring Lycon aim'd a noble<br />

blow;<br />

<strong>The</strong> sword broke short; but his,<br />

Peneleus sped

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